“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.” KnowsYearsWellsIdeasFeltSupportSawsGroupsPolicyFieldsPoliticianYears AgoKillingComedianPotGood IdeasPublic PolicySatiristFundraiserSchmucks Author:Al Franken
“Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way, and once I was around a group of people that saw the world in a different way, it's like this is where I need to be.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsKindDifferentSawsGroupsFaultsAll KindsComedianDifferent WaysMessed Up Author:Chris Rock
“When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.” PeopleLongHas BeensSchoolMotherActingKnownLaughingSawsGroupsCollegeBecomingHigh SchoolTheatreComedianBostonImprovisationBest College Author:Amy Poehler
“I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked... and comedians are always talking about politics.” ThinkingCommonTalkingGroupsPoliticianSeekingComedianApprovalNarcissist Author:Aasif Mandvi
“Every group needs a comedian. A comic who is politically incorrect at the Berkeley campus might slay them at a Klan rally.” NeedsMightGroupsComicComedianCampusBerkeley Author:Lenny Bruce
“I've got a group who can't play music, one bad comedian plus boyfriend, a nervous breakdown calling himself a magician, two coachloads of 70-year-old religious maniacs looking for a fight and a fancy-dress contest that nobody knew about.” YearsTwoPlayFightingReligiousGroupsCallingDressesNervousComedianFancyPlusContestsMagicianBreakdownManiacsNervous Breakdown Author:Alan Bleasdale