“There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them". -- Inspector Clouseau” — James Lyon Copy Share Image
I used to do comedy during my theatre days, and I was good at that. — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
I'm a professional comic. Whether you think I'm funny or not, that's, again, subjective. — David Cross Copy Share Image
I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy. — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I love the comedy world and really grew up in green rooms, so I wanted to show the positives and negatives. — Mae Martin Copy Share Image
I have a good sense of humor. I'm not Martin Lawrence by any means. I'm a little too country to be Chris… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
I love good romantic comedies. There just aren't a lot of them. But, I love comedies, and I'll never stop doing them. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
“When the football team was down I just told some jokes and got them laughing their butts off." -Chris Pratt” — Joe Allan Copy Share Image
I think there is much more storytelling in stand-up now. Less emphasis on the joke. Jokes are still important, but it feels… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll laugh. Sometimes you'll cry. Life never tells us, the when's or why's. When you've got friends, to wish you well.… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I had a teacher once who said, "If you are going to write fiction, you should only read poetry." I have always… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
To perform stand-up comedy in a club, that's the most exciting profession in the world. You're like Spartacus going into battle because… — Soupy Sales Copy Share Image
My thing was always more character-driven comedies, not sketch comedy - not that there's not room for both or one isn't enjoyable,… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke,… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
Every human being can relate to wanting their thoughts and their feelings to be accepted and rewarded and validated. So in that… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
There's no one on the road that I tried to pattern myself after. There's no one in history that I tried to… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience.… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
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