Will Rogers Quotes

If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.

Most of my show is true; like, 90% of everything I say on stage is true. I just have to find the way to make it funny - that's the difficult thing.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.

I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.

Loads of blokes think they're funny, but it counts for nothing unless you get up and have a go.

Comedy is one of my strengths.

Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether it be social issues commentary, whether it be - hell, Carrot Top. I can't be Carrot Top. I can't.

I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.

I don't think half my stuff would be funny if the audience didn't feel at least a little bit safe that it's not how I truly feel.

Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I was one of those kind of people, even when I had a regular job, I couldn't even call in sick right. You know, I was like, 'Hello? Yeah, I can't come in today. I have scurvy.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.