“I think a comedian's job isn't just to make people laugh. I think it's to make people think.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
At Piers Morgan Tonight, 2011
1975 - 1987
Source: Philosophy of Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1975, p. 178
“I think a comedian's job isn't just to make people laugh. I think it's to make people think.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
At Piers Morgan Tonight, 2011
“Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it's just another job.”
Terry Pratchett book Moving Pictures
Source: Moving Pictures
“Artists don’t live in the everyday world. That’s why people think they’re an odd bunch.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”
Source: Company (2006), p. 112
“That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.”
Jeff Lindsay book Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
“We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?”
Roberto Bolaño book The Savage Detectives
Source: The Savage Detectives
Sara Paxton (1988) American actress, model and singer
Sara Paxton on The Innkeepers, Shark Night 3-D and Julia Roberts Marathons (June 23, 2011)