“Do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The truth is really funny. It's uncomfortable sometimes, it's dramatic sometimes, but it's really funny. Life is funny. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
I used to binge-eat and make myself throw up. I was a fat kid. Obviously I didn't quite master the bulimia. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I've been doing stand-up 29 years; there is no other career when you're finding your stride 30 years into it. — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I believe fully in making fun of children. I believe very strongly that you should never make fun of an embryo or… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
With YouTube streaming and Twitch and all that, you can just hop on on any given night and play videogames and have… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
If people only knew the healing power of laughter and joy, many of our fine doctors would be out of business. Joy… — Catherine Ponder Copy Share Image
I don't like stand-up comedy that requires a lot of props. I really respect people who can walk out onstage alone and… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I think the saddest moments in life have humor in them. I have a memory of coming home from a funeral with… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Dave brought a knife and a gun to a comedy show. Because of a disagreement about whether or not comedy clubs are… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out… — Daoud Hari Copy Share Image
How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Jokers are the best in the field of pretending. You will never notice the Pain inside of them, unless their tears have… — Ying Copy Share Image
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along. — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I do a lot of laughing at my own self in life, so I think I come at things with a pretty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything Craig Ferguson could say that would make me laugh. Ad-libbing is not the same as entertainment. — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Spirituality does not have to be serious. You are spirituality. Fun laughter heal you faster than anything. Introduce fun back into your… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
Don't get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Most of what I like doing in performing is connecting with an audience. What's the point of doing standup if you're not… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
In my pantheon of comedy idols there's maybe six people: Lisa Kudrow, Conan O'Brian, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Martin Short. Lisa is at the… — Mae Martin Copy Share Image
I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too. — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
I think there is gay comedy, because I think most gay comics are very very very in touch with that identity. — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
I think comedy is where I feel very silly, confident, and really can't expose too much of my sensitive side. — Melissa Villasenor Copy Share Image
Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Animation is very similar to sketch comedy: you have a short amount of time to do something big and ridiculous and funny. — Alex Borstein Copy Share Image
I always stay in the urban comedy genre because it just never gets old. It's one of those things that people watch,… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
“We work long hours at these shows, and no matter how funny someone's writing sample is, if they are too talkative or… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Idiots,” I’d say, crunching another cracker. “Who tafes vaca to the friggin’ hungle?” And now here I am. Some people say life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
