Doug Stanhope Quotes

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.

It's a lot easier to say you're a comic than a performance artist.

Comedy is not pretty.

I'm not a politician, I'm a comedian. I know my limitations.

I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

There's [John Mulaney Show] jokes that I have in stand up that I wouldn't try to put in, I would try to have someone just speak extemporaneously in the middle of a scene about an episode of "Law and Order" or something.

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

Comedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

I don't go to see many comedies anymore, because I guess it feels like another day at the office.

I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy out there.

Comedy and I were never strangers, it's just that I was doing a lot of drama.

I actually enjoy comedy; it's a lot of fun.

I've always been a fan at home. That's the one joke I have with Sam [Champion]. "I've always loved you! I remember wanting to be you in grade school!"

I never go see a comic. The only one I'd ever really want to see is Don Rickles. He might be 80 years old, but he blows everyone out of the water.

In my mind, I'm hilarious, so I would love to do some comedy. But, I'm not exactly sure my perspective is a healthy one.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

All I know how to do is take what's on my mind and spit it out funny. I don't know what else I could do besides comedy.

I am a comedian: that means I laugh at things other people don't laugh at and also annoys my wife sometimes.

You’re so hilarious. You know, if this whole Daimon-slaying gig doesn’t work out for you, you should really consider being a comedian. The bright Barney hair color would just add to the overall entertainment factor.