If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.

Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian.

Without the laughs, the audience wouldn’t be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian,

To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.

What do they call a comedian who doesn't get any laughs? A philosopher

The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don’t—whichever seems likelier to win an effect.