Quotes: Comedians

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

I used to like writing for comedians – I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

I thought comedians had to have black on their faces or red beards.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

Comedians are really writers who don’t have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.

I’m no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.

The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.