The real motivation of bein' a comedian is if you really love the sound of a laugh. And if you love that, you will never want to stop.

The real motivation of being a comedian is if you really love the sound of a laugh.

People always say: "You're a comedian, tell us a joke." They don't say: "You're an MP, tell us a lie."

A good comedian can say things funny and other guys just say funny things.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

When I said I was going to become a comedian, they all laughed. Well, they're not laughing now, are they?

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

The great thing about being a comedian is that it kind of doesn't matter how you look. It's actually a disadvantage to be too good-looking. There's a Darwinian advantage to being funny. If you're a good-looking fella, you can't be bothered to make up jokes.

When I first said I wanted to be a comedian, everybody laughed. They're not laughing now.

I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.

A young person today has a nanosecond attention span, so whatever you do in a humor has to be short. Younger people do not wait for anything that takes time to develop. We're going totally to one-liners. Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a quick one-liner is much safer.

I think that comedians, more than any other type of celebrity, have to keep their humour and keep their feet on the ground. If they start taking themselves too seriously, they're heading for a fall.

I’m bored if I’m not trying to be funny, I always try to keep a sense of humor, at least with the cast. I want to bring out their creativity and humor and let them know that the set is a place where they’re not being judged. If everyone’s having a good time, then they’re probably feeling looser and more creative.