H. Jon Benjamin Quotes

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.

I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.

I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic.

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

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

I loved Omar Vizquel. He tells some really long jokes, and he has his own way of telling them, but he can make every joke very funny. He would always come up with jokes on the loudspeaker on the bus.

I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.

To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh-well, it's the best job in the world.

We don't apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don't get it, then don't watch us.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

You can't just yell jokes at people.

I wanted to be a comedian.

When I do stand-up, I'm basically doing a one-man show.

It is a great rush to come up with a joke that gets a good response from the audience. It's gold!

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.

I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.

Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.

I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It's an amazing feeling.

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.

When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side.

Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.

it is hard to find new jokes. What I need is new audiences.

I always tell comics you got to hang with your stand-up.