I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“you could cry, get worried or angry like any other human being, as long as you remembered that up above your spirit… — Paolo Coelho Copy Share Image
The Comedy Central CDs combined with the TV specials are what led to my stuff being traded and passed around, and a… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
A famous actor, Edmund Kean, on his deathbed, was reported to have said, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." — Melvin Helitzer Copy Share Image
Never say, I CAN'T, not even joking because the subconscious mind does not recognize humor. It will take the message seriously, it… — Wandini Copy Share Image
There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of… — Sammy Davis, Jr Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy. — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
When I was a television broadcasting student in 1993 up in Ottawa, Canada, and my friends and I started making a show,… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the… — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
Guns have metamorphosed into cameras in this earnest comedy, the ecology safari, because nature has ceased to be what it always had… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“So it turns out I wasn't the only Jew at the rally. There were two and a half more. Not protesting against… — John Safran Copy Share Image
I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one… — Khandi Alexander Copy Share Image
It's funny how people will think I'm being sarcastic a lot and joking. So I'll say, "I like your dress," and they'll… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of things out there that are humorous that people don't realize until you actually show them… — Tim Conway Copy Share Image
At one point, I wrote 20 jokes a day, and I had a commitment to send them to the same three people.… — Wendy Liebman Copy Share Image
Female standups are like hustlers. We have to be. We fight to get gigs or on to panel shows. We're made to… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
Well, I started trying stand-up before I joined Google, actually. And then I went broke because that's what happens when you try… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny,… — Rachael Harris Copy Share Image
Comedy is the toughest. If it goes little bit here and there, and your partner doesn't cover up for you, then everything… — Anita Hassanandani Reddy Copy Share Image
I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God… — Jonathan Winters 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
I still like to shock, but the jokes are less sexist. It's just that, at one point in my stories, there was… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Dad was much more critical. I did a comedy in Windsor and he came round afterwards with a load of paperwork and… — Finty Williams Copy Share Image
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I'm all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I'm probably nearby wetting myself. — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
Both of us have forged our careers in London, but a lot of my comedy influences come from my family and my… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?' — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
I am, like anybody else, full of contradictions and personality traits, and I don't know which ones to speak from as a… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
I think I always wanna write comedy because that's what feels truest to me; it feels closest to life as I know… — Owen King Copy Share Image
Life sends us messages all the time - then sits around laughing over how we're not gonna be able to figure them… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, and I decided I wanted to be a comedian when I was eight years old watching old Saturday Night… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense. — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
There's the power that comedy gives you, and the enjoyment. It's like 'Yes, you're deferring pain, but isn't it more fun to… — Maya Rudolph Copy Share Image
Vampires, they're like the gift that won't stop giving. It's a good fruitful place to find comedy because they take themselves so… — Natasia Demetriou Copy Share Image
Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
If I did live like there's no tomorrow I'd be in jail. Now your laughing because you think it's funny. I'm laughing… — Iris Thomas Copy Share Image
It's easy to be silly in real life, but making stuff up onstage, that seemed hard. Better to be the funny person… — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
