I feel that I'm a stand-up comedian more than anything else, that's my job. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
You can't deny the truth. And that's what makes smart comedy so good. — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy. — Nicole Sullivan Copy Share Image
With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
Sometimes a joke that doesn't work just needs a breath or a little word or the tiniest little change to be fixed. — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
When your time is GOOD Then your mistakes are taken as jokes But when your time is BAD then even your jokes… — Sheetal Soni Copy Share Image
“She had a voice so husky it could have pulled a dogsled, and the gun she was holding gave me a bad… — Patrick Major Dallas OR Copy Share Image
“Her protestations were drowned out by the sound of Gordon Honeycomb barfing up aftershock into the kitchenette sink.” — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“The ancient Greeks could laugh at themselves. The Romans could not. That is why France is a civilized society and Spain is… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
When I was a television broadcasting student in 1993 up in Ottawa, Canada, and my friends and I started making a show,… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say,… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations."… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Whatever happens in life can happen on the stage, but as a comedian you should always be clear what your target is.… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
“I played a few games myself, back in the days before consoles were ousted by the PC Master Race, and I’ve thought… — Eric Jason Casey Copy Share Image
I have always been a Laugher, disturbing people who are not laughers, upsetting whole audiences at theatres... I laugh, that's all. I… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
The first time I came to the Comedy Festival some nutcase shot a bunch of people in Tasmania. I thought, 'Oh, that's… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
