Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.
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We all suffer in our own way; like, life is miserable. And I'm not, 'Oh, I'm a stand-up who's sad,' but the reality is that just about everyone is quietly unhappy. I don't think that pertains to comedians specifically. I think most people look at themselves in the mirror and are not happy with what they see.
Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.
Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.
You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy.
The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.
Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.
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