The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic towards them.… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest magic of the human spirit is the ability to laugh, at ourselves, at each other, and at our sometimes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I truly believe that if you can laugh at past mistakes or current difficulties, it can make the shadows they cast in… — Nick Spalding Copy Share Image
My theory about comedians is that their greatest fear is other people laughing at them. So comedy is an attempt to control… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
“How, Yusef wondered, can two men joke like that and tomorrow be enemies. Perhaps they’d been enemies yesterday. He decided public servants… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
In keeping with the theme of "I got my hands on," my brother and I would listen to The Diceman Cometh. That… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
A thin line separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Our lives constantly walk that line. When we slip… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
If someone in a work environment says a racist joke, I'm the kind of person who says, 'I'm sorry, I don't find… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
“One of the study's authors, Dr. Lee Berk, is actually a humor researcher because, when you get right down to it, laughter… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City)… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
Standups have all the talk shows, but you never see a sketch group on a talk show. Even on so-called variety shows,… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I've dropped a lot of race humor from my routines, not because I think it is in bad taste, but because I… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I really like romantic comedies and light movies and everything but I think - I don't know where it comes from -… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm not always looking for the laugh. I'm not the guy who sits in and listens to conversations and wants to jump… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe. — Alan Mulally Copy Share Image
“I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if… — Nancy Travis Copy Share Image
“I gotta go Seth, so I'll leave you to work on being nerdy and withdrawn.” “It's not as easy as it looks,… — Charlie Fey Copy Share Image
I tried to be a rapper. I tried to make beats before I got into comedy, and that's still one of my… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Hosting is an art form. Like acting, singing, or comedy hosting is a craft. It's a delicate dance of timing, the ability… — Todd Newton Copy Share Image
Every man imagines that he will turn his suit like a double agent, that it can be twisted to his will with… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits -… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire… — Brad Anderson Copy Share Image
That is Obama's signature move: Invent people who are saying ridiculous things and then encourage the audience to laugh at these made-up… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I'm super happy to say that it's not that hard to write bad stand-up. I guess the trick is to write bad… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
'Tangerine' taught me that if you win an audience over with comedy, then hopefully have a soulful message at the same time. — Sean Baker Copy Share Image
“Humans are so Funny. So much moralising about words while at the same time thinking it perfectly "moral" to pepper-bomb cities full… — David Icke Copy Share Image
You can't teach a person to be funny unless you teach him how to swipe someone else's material. To be a success… — Soupy Sales Copy Share Image
I don't think any comedy is ever shocking. I don't buy that. That's just what people brand it, when someone is saying… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
