I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
It's starting to feel good, although I don't like feeling too good - that's not where my comedy comes from. — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
John was the smartest and most amazing comedian I've ever worked with. I think more than teaching me about acting or comedy,… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
As comedians, we all get into that mode of thinking of the worst thing imaginable - but you usually have the ability… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
I started in high school, and in college, I studied radio, TV, and film. The plan was to be a filmmaker, and… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh.… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Joke number 1, I have a bit of a problem with jokes, bit of a handicap for a comedian obviously, um, I… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
If people want to see something, I am more than happy to do it. Then I know everybody likes comedy. I do… — Arshad Warsi Copy Share Image
She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I see myself touring internationally - everywhere, every theater, every arena - and putting out stand-up comedy specials until I can't even… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
“I'd worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
I think critics tend to think that comedy is freakin' math. Like, this is the Pythagorean Theorem. They're not sophisticated enough to… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
In Telugu, there can be ten comedians in one film and everyone gets along, without feeling intimidated or marginalised. — Kovai Sarala Copy Share Image
When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
“Don’t be offended if you encounter some good-natured ribbing; the idea of writing a novel in a month deserves to be laughed… — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely. — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
I'm a hopeless romantic. I love love. My middle name is Love. Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. I want to have… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
Here's a good joke to do during an earthquake: straddle a big crack in the ground, and if it opened wider, go… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I don't like to do anything that's mean spirited just because I don't find it funny. I'd rather be the jackass than… — Melissa McCarthy Copy Share Image
I would love to do a drama. I did a couple of episodes of The Good Wife, which is more of a… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't accept the message of a film.… — Theodore Melfi Copy Share Image
Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
“You are the first person who has ever made me laugh when it was the absolute last thing I wanted to do.” — Marilyn Grey Copy Share Image
I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
It's our hope MySpace Comedy will serve as a launch pad for up-and-coming comedians and as an attraction for the biggest names… — Tom Anderson Copy Share Image
I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
To make 800 people laugh for a couple of hours is a wonderful feeling, because you know you're doing them a lot… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
Comedy is great in that it's accessible to someone like me, from a low socioeconomic background, struggling in life. The gatekeepers are… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
I think there's a thin line between pathos and comedy, and I'm not afraid of putting my heart on my sleeve. — John Bishop Copy Share Image
When I started doing comedy, I always had something in me that was like, 'This will all work out, I just know… — Megan Stalter Copy Share Image
I would say, generally speaking, though it is not always the case, comedy is probably the least gratifying for most composers because… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
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