Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
We resort, frankly, to pies, which is a comedy staple that's gone back, I guess, to since the first pie was ever… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
Oh Darling! when you said you had a small gift for me, I thought you were going to unzip your pants again ... — Manish Bhagtani Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God… — Jonathan Winters Copy Share Image
Our friends would all make fun of us and we'll just laugh along because we know That none of them have felt… — Jeremy G Copy Share Image
It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was… — Jack Whitehall Copy Share Image
There's a fraudulent root element of comedy in that we say things night after night as though they are rolling effortlessly from… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension… — Jon Watts Copy Share Image
I think comedy is no different now than it was at other points. It takes a long time to get good and… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I'm angry… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's… — Colton Dunn Copy Share Image
My dark comic edge is the end result of trying to use humor to maintain my sanity growing up in a dysfunctional… — Kirby Wright Copy Share Image
Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
I believe comedy is the toughest genre to bring alive onscreen, but it's something that I really enjoy doing as an actor. — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
I lose my sense of humour watching shows that are made up entirely of clips of people hurting themselves. — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes,… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I think comedy is very easy. Its all in the writing. If the writing is good and you have good director it… — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do just one thing. There's even other things in comedy that I want to do. For me, it's… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
I have a lot more fun making comedies because there's a levity on the set, and I find it difficult to go… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
You can never look that tough in glasses. ... You never see somebody push up their glasses and say, "I'm gonna kick… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I'm also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It's going to be a spoof of Biography. — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being… — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3.… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Being funny should be an incidental byproduct of trying to get to something truthful, not a destination in itself. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know?… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Because comedy is my bedrock, expressing my opinions is something I'm so used to in my career. Even as a writer, saying… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
