On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punchline in… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster. — Ali Farahnakian Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to give the best human expression that I can to any particular genre, which could be comedy, could be… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
“It is in the midst of laughter that our perspective alters and we realize this trying life can still be enjoyed.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“You like telling your stories,” said my friend in that coffee shop, “because you’re secure enough in your current self, the self… — Elizabeth Bristol Copy Share Image
“Wrinkles was her big gray cat. Sierra named him Wrinkles because when he was a little baby he had a wrinkly face.… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know… — James Belushi Copy Share Image
We're having so much writing some of the sillier stuff that never would have been on Mr. Show. And that's not a… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
I'm not offended. Lenny Bruce taught me that everything's funny. You can make everything funny. I don't think that assassinations are funny,… — Larry King Copy Share Image
I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I… — Riaad Moosa Copy Share Image
As a freshman in college, I was dating this guy who said he was a stand-up, all he really did was open… — Rachel Sennott Copy Share Image
When we weren't scratching each other's eyes out, we were making each other laugh harder than anyone else could. — Lucie Arnaz Copy Share Image
I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
You have to find a way to not become bitter and live within the parameters of the situation and laugh your way… — Yvette Nicole Brown Copy Share Image
It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? If I'm a game show host,… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
I think I learned everything about comedy and timing and drama from watching 'The Muppet Show,' which was one of the best… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
As 'Psych' went on, deeper in the run, I started to feel more of a challenge just because, how many jokes are… — James Roday Copy Share Image
I don't tend to read much comedy, but there's a fake advertisement section at the end of Derren Brown's book 'Pure Effect'… — Nick Mohammed Copy Share Image
I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I've never been a big fan of improvisation, because I think you appreciate the process and the cleverness of it more than… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing… — Diora Baird Copy Share Image
Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever. — James Simpson Copy Share Image
U R THE DANGEROUS PERSON IN THE WORLD…So Dont afraid of seeing any body….you are the comedian in the world...So Dont tease… — Arun Copy Share Image
There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
“Marabela always says that things are funniest when they have hints of truth to them. Perhaps, he thinks, they’re also saddest when… — Natalia Sylvester Copy Share Image
For a comic to put a public performance in jeopardy for a snickering little laugh - no, no, no, I don't believe… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
“I used to think that in the end, we would laugh at the world together. I guess now, the world is laughing… — Athena Violante Copy Share Image
I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling. — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I do agree you can't just make movies three hours long for no apparent reason. For a romantic comedy to be three… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
I can't help but see things in life through a humorous lens, so anything that comes my way is gonna probably be,… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
