If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I'm a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to… — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Audience laughter, when it's deserved, acts as a sort of fairy dust that makes funny moments not just funny, but joyous. — Graham Linehan Copy Share Image
I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I don't do sketch anymore and sometimes I miss it. But I think what I really miss is that time in my… — Alex Borstein Copy Share Image
Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I have always been doing sketch comedy since I was a kid because one of my mom's boyfriends was an improv comedy… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was nervous and didn't have a huge amount of confidence as an actor. Comedy is something -… — Lucy Punch Copy Share Image
Everyone wants me to do the comedy thing. But I always wanted to do action adventure. I want to be a guy… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
I try not to write jokes that are mean. I try my best to write jokes that are pretty universal and jokes… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make… — Charles Shyer Copy Share Image
It's one of the saving graces in a life, to be able to perceive one's own and others' absurdity, to notice our… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked against us and just trying to stay in the game,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
My CD, my first release, was at the Comedy Works in Denver, one of the best clubs in the country. — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished! — Augustus Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about new friendships is to try to figure out the boundary for jokes — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
People doing rhymes that are nonsense - nothing can make me laugh like that. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv. — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
“The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Laughter can cure anything, when you laugh, it pushes the darkness out of your soul.” — Micalea Smeltzer Copy Share Image
I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are a match made in comedy heaven. They're perfect. — Ben Lyons Copy Share Image
