"Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff."

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"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Comedians,

"I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don't want any comedians in this."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Comedians, Film, Want, Writer

"My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

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"I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them."

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

Comedians,

"But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake."

Parker Posey, American Actress

Comedians, Fun, Jokes

"That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50."

Dana Carvey, American Comedian

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"I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running."

Grace Hansen, American Author

Comedians, Office, Running

"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

Comedians, Wrong

"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."

Martin Landau, American Actor

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"You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians."

Stephen Colbert, American Comedian

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"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

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"A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it."

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"Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh."

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"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

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"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."

"I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don't want any comedians in this."

"My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens."

"I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them."

"But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake."

"That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50."

"I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running."

"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."

"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."

"You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians."

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"The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh."

"I'm a charming coward; I fight with words."

"If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game."

"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

"A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it."

"Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh."

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

"Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff."