A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
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.
As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.
I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.
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'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah, he should have stuck with drama.' It would not be my choice to have critics mumbling that.
Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience wants to witness the marriage of theatre, comedy and something more.
You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.
It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.
I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.