Growing up in Iowa, there weren't many people who looked like me. And then when I moved out to L.A., every guy… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Since 'The Office,' everyone has this idea that comedy is only good if it reflects the way people really speak. But that's… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
“The rendering of my thoughts, emotions, and experiences is part comedy and part tragedy as well as history, for life is such… — Karen Harper Copy Share Image
I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
It's a dystopian world where things aren't connected. But life feels light when we can communicate, joke or laugh on ourselves. — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
[ Hosting Saturday Night Live ] paved the way for Parks And Rec and The Grinder, the Comedy Central Roast, and that… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I almost congratulate myself that I can at least laugh at my own foibles and enjoy the joke, just as I cannot… — Wallace E. Baker Copy Share Image
“But a system made secure by the protective plating of humor and pretense always runs the risk of having its protection get… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
“But you can't feel bad every second, I wanted to tell her. Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
I rejected the word humorist for a long time because I thought that it meant you had, like, a cardigan sweater with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Cheers,' even 'MASH,' they're full of broad… — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
I love comedy and my characters in Sandip Ray's 'Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy' and Anik Dutta's 'Bhooter Bhobisyot' had comic elements and I… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
I think the only way we can really get you to laugh hard is if we take it to a deep psychological… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
“Jack laughed behind him, a mirthless sound from a man who had been on the wrong end of life's ironies too many… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that's where… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. I want you to laugh. That's my main goal. I punch things up to get things tighter, quicker and… — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I thrive doing livestream comedy, per se. It really triggers a lot of little neuroses that I have… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc.… — Rachel Zucker Copy Share Image
Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
It must be hard being Jim Carrey. His precipitous fall from comedic grace has climaxed in a sad thud as the once… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take… — Roy Haylock Copy Share Image
I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
If your body is 90% water what have you got to drink water all the time for? Why can't you just have… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“And For You Zero, A Life Sized Vudu Doll" -Kaname Kuran "I DONT WANT IT!" -Zero Kiryu "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" -Juri Elizabeth Marin” — Matsuri Hino Copy Share Image
Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and… — Timothy Olyphant Copy Share Image
My work is still very much light-hearted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
Show me a smile then, don't be unhappy, can't remember when I last saw you laugh. If this world makes you crazy. — Eva Cassidy Copy Share Image
Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality. You have a rule or two you are bending or… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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