Dexter Darden Quotes

When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh.

I wanted to be a comedian.

I love comedy. Playing the underdog, and getting the laughs is my form of entertainment. I could think of nothing different that I would want to be doing at this time in my life.

I always wanted to be a popular comedian.

The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, 'Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny.'

I've actually done a lot of comedy.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

I really want to do comedy.

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?

I think comedy as an art involves the audience as a participant as much as is involves the artist.

I've always been a big fan of comedy and sketch comedy, and I like to laugh, but you can't just be funny. You do have to work at it, and you have to try to know what your role is and when you can insert humor, or when it's best not to.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.