“Well, I knew instantly when I met my wife what a good relationship it was, compared with what I had been doing for the previous 20-odd years. She is my buddy, my partner, my friend. And part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.” WayYearsWellsLooksJobsWifeMetsMy FriendsMy WifePartnersComedianOddAbsurdityBuddyGood Relationship Author:Greg Behrendt
“When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.” My FriendsComedianLaughed Author:Carrot Top
“I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.” PeopleWantKindReasonWantedBornSecretComedyBandMy FriendsGuitarComedianArchitectPursuedVeterinarian Author:Tig Notaro
“For me and most of my friends who are comedians, if you've been doing comedy for a while, your tolerance for things actually moves. I find it very hard to be shocked, and when other people aggressively take offense to something, I'm sometimes confused.” PeopleIfsSometimesHardMovingComedyMy FriendsToleranceComedianConfusedOffenseShocked Author:Demetri Martin
“I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up.” KnowsBigsGrowing UpComedyGrowingMy FriendsComedianNerd Author:Demetri Martin
“If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians.” IfsKnowsWorldMeanFunMy FriendsComedianHaving FunKnow Me Author:Linda Blair
“So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?" But it wasn't a reality at the time, it wasn't a road that Latin people were accepted in.” PeopleRealityActorsMy FriendsAcceptedComedianLatinFamily And Friends Author:John Leguizamo
“One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I could be a comedian like Red Skelton - that's what I watched on TV - then maybe I would have friends. I just remember that if I told stories to my friends, they listened. And in my family, with nine people talking at the same time, it's really hard to get people to listen to you. We were all craving attention.” PeopleIfsHardStoriesDreamRememberUsedAttentionTalkingTvsMy FriendsRedMy FamilyNineComedianIf I CouldCravingPeople Talking Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Growing up, I didn't know anything about comedy and didn't know anything about comedians or what standup was. I grew up in the projects with no dream of anything, it was in my formatting when i got older and started talking to my friends about how I felt, they would be like, "dude, that's funny." Then one day my friend was like, "Dude, you don't understand how funny you are, you need to do standup"!” KnowsNeedsDreamWould BeFeltTalkingGrowing UpComedyGrowingGrewOne DayProjectsGrew UpMy FriendsComedian Author:Carlos Mencia
“I didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn't happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.” PeopleIfsYearsHappensWantedMy FriendsComedianSuperstitious Author:Steven Wright