Comedy Quotes · Page 217

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

— Barbara Stanwyck

No matter how old I get, I think mooning people will always be hilarious.

— Anonymous

“Beetroot Cossins had moved to Kuala Lumpur where she had died of lethargy and pie.”

— St. John Morris

“Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?”

— Bill Watterson

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

— Ricky Gervais

“How predictable, how perfectly average, how amusing.”

— Gillian Flynn

It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.

— Joan Jett

Many people will laugh at the drop of a hat, especially if the man is still in it.

— Evan Esar

Creating jokes, sometimes it's the experience of life and it's also practice and most of the time writers' help me.

— Sunil Grover

As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.

— Chris Hardwick

If you look there is humor in every situation like your Aunt eating up all the food at the funeral or the…

— Kim Wayans

“Moshe was an Israeli with an ear-slitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying…

— Alex Garland

I never know when I am being funny, and the other way too. I don't think you can think about that. I…

— Christopher Walken

The actress (Heidi Swedberg) is this wonderful girl, and ... I love her! i couldn't figure out how to play off of…

— Jason Alexander

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot…

— Tracy Morgan

Hollywood wanted a certain type of comic - that Def Jam comedy style of comic that was very loud, very brash, very…

— Larry Wilmore

In the movies I've done for Sony, they've never given me quadrant specific notes ever. They say "Keep making it. Just make…

— Will Gluck

I don't like my wrestling or entertainment in general to be too clean or predictable for me as a fan. When I…

— Dean Ambrose

“Perhaps I can make you understand. Let’s start from the beginning. A man is hired to give advice to the readers of…

— Nathanael West

I have no sense of direction; I never know where I am. When I back up a car, I'm more likely to…

— Jules Feiffer

Stand-up on the telly is one thing, but seeing it live is something else. There are brilliant comedians playing to rooms above…

— Sarah Millican

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to Talk Soup, where I was writing…

— Aisha Tyler

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it ... what you wish in your secret heart…

— Langston Hughes

When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all…

— Aziz Ansari

“Laugh soon because you never know how soon it will be too late”

— Thomas F. Shubnell

I don't know if any of the people perceive themselves as having been made fun of.

— Joshuah Bearman

Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter.

— Emma Stone

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

— Marc Maron

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

— Anonymous

Doing comedy is very difficult and if you do it perfectly you can do any kind of roles.

— Brahmanandam

Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh.

— Lindsay Shookus

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

— Jane Horrocks

Sometimes when I'm performing, whenever my puppet cracks a joke, it actually makes me laugh.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

I never have been able to understand where the humor comes from.

— Gary Larson

It upsets me where you do a take and people go 'that's so funny,' and you think 'I was being serious.'

— Tom Bateman

I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people.

— Norman Wisdom

I have a bad habbits of laughing at innappropriate moments.

— Zhat

A joke bombing on stage doesn't bother me, especially if it's intended to bomb.

— Mick Foley

“Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.”

— Stephen Fry

Let's all start wearing bolo ties, and when they become hip again, we'll all say we were kidding.

— Dana Gould