If we lose our sense of humor, then we most certainly have lost our perspective, and therefore our happiness and joy. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
There is that American pastime known as "kidding" - with the result that everyone is ashamed and hangdog about showing the slightest… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
If the show is going really well and the comedian is still annoyed with the audience, chances are he's a Boston comic.… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
“Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how… — Patrice O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films. — Illeana Douglas Copy Share Image
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The only Train song I like is the one that I play in my act "Drops Of Jupiter". Sheryl Crow has three… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
Some people are brilliant at being comedy actors and if you're a comedian I think there's a perception that, if you're acting… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Everyone who wants to make it in comedy goes to L.A., so a million comedians fight for time on three stages. If… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
Comedians have to entertain the audience within a stipulated time. It is not possible to explain what we intend to convey in… — Vivek Copy Share Image
In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
Fortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific… — Bob Bergen Copy Share Image
I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery. — Ana Gasteyer Copy Share Image
My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
Humor is necessary - it allows the reader to come up for air before dunking them under again. I need humor and… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950’s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Whenever I talk about my culture, I want to shine a light on it. Even though I'm having fun, I want to… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Anybody that's really close to me, they know I'm really funny and I love to joke. I can laugh at anything. — Nav Copy Share Image
Humor borne out of cruelty happens to be the easiest and therefore lowest form of comedy: It is cheap stuff and it… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin… — Brandon T. Jackson Copy Share Image
I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I'm actually into the idea of doing stand-up comedy, as a joke. You know how people do karaoke for fun? Well it… — Keeley Hazell Copy Share Image
I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
Without sounding pretentious, if you get the emotional truth right, then you're set. Then the funny stuff you can pile on as… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
There's usually nothing in a guy's joke in which we have to understand what's going on in someone else's mind. — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
The Hayemaker is a dangerous fellow who, when the bell rings, is on a seek and destroy mission, by any means necessary.… — David Haye Copy Share Image
Start and finish your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in between these two more and more laughter… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not… — Michelle Gomez Copy Share Image
It's painful for me to watch someone who isn't funny. It's horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I always saw myself doing comedy, so when I got the job on 'All My Children' it was not my thing -… — Chrishell Stause Copy Share Image
I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
When you are doing stand up, it is the most glorious hour, when you are an X-Men version of yourself, with lasers… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
You need to be funny in a way that people feel like you're trying to make a deeper connection. So that's what… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
When 'Derry Girls' went out in 2018, it quickly became Channel 4's most successful comedy in 13 years, proving what I'd long… — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
