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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.

I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people.

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.

Your number one job as a comedian is to be aware. You're supposed to understand the temperature in the room more than anyone on the planet - that's the whole craft of comedy.

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs. I find that in most comedies, I'm not the funny one, which works out great.

I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it.