Comedy Quotes · Page 202

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

— Edward Albee

I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor.

— Peter Jackson

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.

— Artie Lange

I love workplace comedies very much, they are just my favorite things in the world.

— Quinta Brunson

A lot of comics just joke around, but it's just as important to get the truth out there.

— Lisa Lampanelli

It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.

— Libba Bray

Nobody is a professional comedian for the first five, six years they're doing it.

— Taylor Tomlinson

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

— Miranda Hart

I was always self-conscious about the fact that I didn't have as much comedy experience as other people at 'SNL,' and I…

— Bill Hader

Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features…

— Todd Barry

People probably perceive me as a bit boring because I am a little slow in the humor department, but it's just hard…

— Yolanda Hadid

I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement and everybody is working very hard to make me…

— Terence McKenna

I'm a stand-up comic, but I also have ideas, and I want to get them out. People think getting in front of…

— Joey Diaz

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women who are good at doing…

— Rachael Harris

Through eight years, 'How I Met Your Mother' has mastered the art of leading-edge comedy, emotional water-cooler moments, and pop culture catch-phrases.

— Nina Tassler

I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'

— Vicki Lawrence

I never even thought of myself as deadpan until someone wrote an article about me about a year after I was doing…

— Steven Wright

There's a difference between being a comic and a comedian. A comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian…

— Milton Berle

There's only a handful of people who are just purely, inherently funny, and I'm not one of them. I need content and…

— Gary Cole

“Why put together a stand-up comedy routine? Especially if you’re not planning a comedy career? Because in the very process of creating…

— Judy Carter

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things…

— John Oliver

“Misery comes to miser; joy comes to wiser. (A Very Hot Cup of Tea, Empathy) Juvenile invites, youth tries, adult applies, and…

— D.R. Mirror

Even before doing 'Comedy Circus' I tossed a coin and post that I decided to do that season. I didn't believe in…

— Sargun Mehta

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And…

— Sandra Bullock

It's too difficult to start right from scratch and try and be funny out of the blue.

— John Cleese

My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue.

— Ron Moody

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

— Jenna Fischer

I certainly think that live comedy on radio is my favourite thing.

— Rhod Gilbert

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

— Baron Vaughn

It's called a joke. Just read it and laugh. Don't try to analyze it and take it literally.

— Green Monk

“Spreading laughter is healthy and more fun than sex. Well... unless you do them at the same time.”

— Michael Clutton

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.

— Bob Newhart

When you do a comedy, the goals are much clearer to me.

— Luke Wilson

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.

— Rodney Dangerfield

The edge of inappropriate is the spiritual home of the best stand-up comedy.

— Frank Skinner

My most annoying habit is laughing all the time. I can't stop giggling. I do it because I'm nervous.

— Kelly Brook

Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day.

— Rich Eisen

At least it's really entertaining when I embarrass myself.

— Lucas Till

The only thing I know how to do is be funny - that's it.

— Leslie Jordan

Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up?

— Mindy Kaling