My little joke that I make whenever I talk about my show is that the way I sold the show to Netflix… — Philip Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“He began to understand suddenly what friends were for: they reminded you that things weren't so bad after all. Reminded you never… — S.J. Kincaid Copy Share Image
The analysis of laughter had opened to me points of contact between the fundamentals of a communal and disciplined emotional knowledge and… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Whereas acting, you have to wait for someone else to give you the opportunity to do it, in comedy, you can just… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
There are many problems with being a comedian: the travel, the late nights, the pressure, the fear of running out of funny… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I hope I don't just do the exact same thing my whole life. I also feel like it's really hard to make… — David Wain Copy Share Image
If you're a good actor, you should be able to do soap, comedy, Shakespeare, musicals, pantomime, and something like 'Frozen.' Of course,… — Anita Dobson Copy Share Image
I have found myself, not talking about anything super specific in my life, but when I've had really dark moments, I find… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
“We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
One of the things that's funniest about the entertainment industry and comedy is that people go 'Oh, you're great, but I don't… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
I have rage and anger issues. So I get mad about stuff in real life, and then I yell about it onstage,… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
The great thing about doing physical comedy for film is that if it doesn't work you're not exposed. It ends up on… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
Jewish comedians do the best Jewish jokes, and anyone else doing that, they don't have a right to, because they're not coming… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I've always been part of comedy. One of the things about our family was that if we were reasonably funny with each… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh at some people's immaturity, it just makes you realize how much growing up… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I think we must be very careful not to make our daughters despise men. For example, there is too much comedy around… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
People wouldn't hire me for comedies. They would say, 'Oh, he doesn't do comedy,' and now it's really all I do. — Kevin Dillon Copy Share Image
Have you seen the film Histoires D'Amérique? It's also a mixture of humor and monologue, and it shows how the Jewish humor… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
Because such a massive part of stand-up is trying and failing first, I'm not putting as much pressure on. Just going out… — James Acaster Copy Share Image
In the world of comedy, there's this: "If it's going badly, get off. If it's going well, get off". You can't argue… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
“Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Humor is not debatable. It's like sex. Either you're aroused or you're not. Nobody can reason you around to their point of… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
You know what my philosophy of life is? That it’s important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world. — Piero Scaruffi Copy Share Image
One of the great things about us Jews is that we tell the best jokes. Part of the reason is we tell… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
With a sketch show, it's "a bunch of people and they're being funny." In a way that you can't really explain it. — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically. — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for… — Tim Heidecker Copy Share Image
My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
There's no excuse for panel games, other TV comedy shows, or even live bills to be made up mainly of men. — James Acaster Copy Share Image
I'm just a comedian. I don't have all the answers. But I'm not just looking for them online. I'm looking around me. — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
Everything I experience in life, I put through the sausage-maker that is comedy, and then try to make it funny for others.… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I loved 'Penny Spubbs' and 'We Are Klang,' maybe because I watched them before I started comedy so it was a purer… — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star. — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
