There's no point fast-tracking performers on to TV before they're ready. In comedy especially, you need experience to be able to react… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
“How, Yusef wondered, can two men joke like that and tomorrow be enemies. Perhaps they’d been enemies yesterday. He decided public servants… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
I really like romantic comedies and light movies and everything but I think - I don't know where it comes from -… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I've dropped a lot of race humor from my routines, not because I think it is in bad taste, but because I… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
My neighbor's not even listening to me. He's all excited about some garden hose he bought at Brookstone. He's convinced it was… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends who were stand-ups, and they just stopped after a while, because they didn't like that battle,… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Comedy started out as my hobby and then it became my profession. It's like being on call all the time, like having… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of time to write and put up a sketch show, but that's part of who I am. I… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
“The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you're improvising, this means you are required to agree… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Now, listen Tyler,' Lara said, feeling a little impatient. She rather liked a cuddle after sex, and a bit of kissing. But… — Lola Salt Copy Share Image
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet,… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
Every comedian works differently. Some comedians might do just observational stuff and they don't do anything personal, and other people.. everything they… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if… — Nancy Travis Copy Share Image
“I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe. — Alan Mulally Copy Share Image
I'm not always looking for the laugh. I'm not the guy who sits in and listens to conversations and wants to jump… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I tried to be a rapper. I tried to make beats before I got into comedy, and that's still one of my… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
“I gotta go Seth, so I'll leave you to work on being nerdy and withdrawn.” “It's not as easy as it looks,… — Charlie Fey Copy Share Image
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits -… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
Every man imagines that he will turn his suit like a double agent, that it can be twisted to his will with… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Hosting is an art form. Like acting, singing, or comedy hosting is a craft. It's a delicate dance of timing, the ability… — Todd Newton Copy Share Image
It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I love comedy and my characters in Sandip Ray's 'Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy' and Anik Dutta's 'Bhooter Bhobisyot' had comic elements and I… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“Jack laughed behind him, a mirthless sound from a man who had been on the wrong end of life's ironies too many… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
I think the only way we can really get you to laugh hard is if we take it to a deep psychological… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. I want you to laugh. That's my main goal. I punch things up to get things tighter, quicker and… — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that's where… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I thrive doing livestream comedy, per se. It really triggers a lot of little neuroses that I have… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
