Comedy Motivation Quotes

Nobody gets into comedy because they feel like they're cool and funny. If they do, they're megalomaniacs.

The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'

A lot of people get into stand-up as a back door into acting or something. But I really like writing jokes and telling jokes.

I put my parents through mini hell with my laziness and poor grades, so I love making them laugh when they see me on television. When I work, I'm always thinking, 'Would my mother find this funny?' The belly-laugh jokes will hit her every time.

You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.

When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor, but the comic that had the most impact on me was always my brother Chris, who was in the next room. It was tangible. If Chris could make it, I could try.

My comedy is kind of a counteraction to some of the comedy I don't like. Or things I don't like.

So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.

I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.

When I was eight, I would watch 'Friends' religiously. I had the entire DVD set. That was my whole view of America. That really inspired me to do comedy and acting.

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

If the 'Chappelle's Show' had stayed on, I seriously doubt I would have developed this fast as a stand-up comedian. I probably would never have taken stand-up comedy really seriously.