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Comedians Quotes

"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."

"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

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

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

Martin Landau, American Actor

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"I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians."

"I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

Comedians, Listening, Meeting, Night

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

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

Carl Reiner, American Actor

Comedians, Writers

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

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

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

Comedians, Favorite

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

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

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

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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."

"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

Comedians, Information

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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 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

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"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."

"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

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

"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

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

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

Dana Carvey, American Comedian

Comedians, Corporate

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

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

Grace Hansen, American Author

Comedians, Office, Running

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