A Quote by Ben Miller

Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you. — © Ben Miller
Probably one of the reasons I became a comedian is that you get a chance to control when people laugh at you.
I really don't mind being a comedian because I get the chance to make people laugh and I think that's truly a gift.
I felt that I didn't get a fair chance at Texas Tech to compete, for an assortment of reasons, but reasons I couldn't really control.
A hero has to become a comedian to do a comic role but a comedian does not have to do anything. People laugh at him anyway. Even when I attend funerals, people look at my face and laugh.
If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.
I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.
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.
I am a comedian: that means I laugh at things other people don't laugh at and also annoys my wife sometimes.
I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.
The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.
I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now
A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get.
The comedian just wants to get a laugh.
I'd like to think I'm a little more memorable or specific now. People laugh at me in a way they wouldn't laugh at another comedian, rather than being like, "Okay, who's the next joke-slinger? Give me some jokes so I may laugh and go about my day!"
I'm an entertainer first. But I do as a stand up comedian, the way for me to evolve is to make a difference, to make people laugh and learn and do something different. Because there's too many comedians out there just making people laugh. And anybody can do that.
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