If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
The people running Silicon Valley are not making the show because they want to do a satire of Silicon Valley. They are… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
“Throwing a sub at the Apollyon probably wasn't something that should be done in public. But I couldn't help it; I laughed.” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
Makeup's just crazy, anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them until, uh ... well, until… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic. — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
What I really want to do is comedy. I would love to do some guest star spots on some single-camera comedies. — Katie Featherston Copy Share Image
When we can begin to take our failures nonseriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
“Happiness does not create humor. There's nothing funny about being happy. Sadness creates humor. Krazy Kat getting hit on the head by… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
I love 'Another Round.' It's Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton's podcast that's through BuzzFeed, and they're real funny and really themselves. And… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review.… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and was the family comedy king through the '80s and '90s -… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If you're a content creator looking to elicit a certain emotion, we can validate that. In cases where an ad is trying… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me. I don't understand the connection to any reality... Like in… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
I love jokes that come out of nowhere. The ones where people look at the screen and go, 'What the Hell was… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
I know people say plays are only an evening's entertainment. But you can make it mean a lot to the audience, even… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
When I'm up on stage and do a joke, half the people interpret it one way and half of them interpret it… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
I think humor is a really important way of creating solidarity - like, through humor you can make people realize that certain… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a comedian. But, growing up, I simply loved watching comedy. The '80s was huge for comedy in… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was… — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
You can't have a laugh track that sort of tells the audience when to laugh and, you know, it's difficult to find… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think every joke has to be so dadgum cerebral. I mix it up really good, because that's the kind of… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
“There’s no a lot of laughs in an underworld. This one used to be called Limbo, ya ken, ’cause the door was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally,… — Nolan North Copy Share Image
Comedy is often a short career because you get to a point where you are no longer a small thing punching up… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should… — Ron Dentinger Copy Share Image
There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
What humor allows you to do is to let the past go with less pain. It's a healing element. It releases some… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
