Anne Meara Quotes

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

The real challenge lies in maintaining dignity while being funny. I am in awe of Krushna Abhishek's energy and Bharti Singh's wit. They are infectious and selfless.

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

No, I never really set out to be a stand up. I wanted to be a writer of some sort. I thought I'd do a bit of stand up and hopefully that will lead to stuff and little did I know it kind of snowballed. Before I knew it I was doing stand up 300 nights a year.

Stand-up comedy is not a man's job. It's an alpha job: To be the only person in a room with a microphone who's allowed to talk.

My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

For a comedy to work, magic has to happen.

Being funny has always mattered a lot to me. It's why I started acting - to make my friends laugh.

Some of my biggest influences are people like Steven Wright and Todd Berry. I'm a shy person, and I don't think people who aspire to do comedy think that's an option.

I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.

My foray into comedy was to avoid getting a job.

I left home to become a singer and didn't realise when I turned comedian.

All I care about is making jokes that are funny and making people laugh.

I'm studying theater and media. I don't really know why I took media, because I'm so useless with technology, though it's fun. But, I do love theater and am having a great time learning about all the practitioners and getting to perform with my friends.

The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.

I think I'm accidentally funny more so than thinking of it as a craft. I'm in awe of those comedians that know how to hit it again and again and again.

All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy.

I think I probably would have gone into stand-up.