To me, stand-up comedy is a place where you can say whatever you want. So to not use that space to say… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
'Bridesmaids' was phenomenal. It deserves every accolade it's gotten, and it's exciting for every woman in comedy. — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
“Comedians aren't funny, because comedians try to be funny, and people who try to be funny aren't funny.” — Anonymous Blog Post Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such… — Brian d'Arcy James Copy Share Image
It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to… — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
People who laugh on someone or everyone paving a new road to scale up on a growth graph know consciously well that… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity. And I think that's the reason my act has become… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy.… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But the truth of the matter is, that was fairly, fairly early on in Goebbels' 800 movies that he made in Germany.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
There was a stage in my career, especially with standup, where I felt, because I didn't know why I was doing well,… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
I don't always see humor in things. Especially when I smash my pinky toe into a coffee table leg in the middle… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
“And so, since then, I've been preaching. Moreover...I love those who laugh at me even more than the rest. Why, I don't… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
[Comedy] is an escape from illusions. The audience is...thinking, 'This bullshit we see and hear all day makes no sense.' — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
“I read once that explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog," Mark said. "You find out how it works, but the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God.… — Colin Jost Copy Share Image
“...life laughs at predictions and introduces words where we imagined silences, and sudden returns when we thought we would never see each… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
My gift was in comedy. I found out I could make jokes. I could tell jokes. I could write them. So over… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary to do stand-up to be a presenter, but I like it, because it keeps me sharp, especially… — Paddy McGuinness Copy Share Image
Can a serious party put up an individual perceived previously or continuously as a joke candidate? I say yes. — Vermin Supreme Copy Share Image
Laughter is unprovoked. It's such a natural thing. So I don't give myself rules around what I like and what I don't… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
I used to dread going on 'Politically Incorrect' with 'up and coming' comedians. But at least on 'Politically Incorrect', there would be… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“I realize that I can laugh, that it is possible to be happy, that laughter and hope can come back to me.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the… — Anne Beatts Copy Share Image
In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then… — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning. 'Little Miss Sunshine' is like… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“Since everything is only an illusion, perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or… — Jeff Foster Copy Share Image
To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "probably" said Paddy… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Our comedy was light-hearted amusement that seemingly tripped naturally off the tongue. That's why I don't think it will date. — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy. — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
I think, in comedy, you only hit about one or two great characters in your career. Sometimes my character will be just… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
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