I do longer runs on things, a lot stories. I really like one-liners, I like a lot of different kinds of standup… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
No genre is easy. For an actor, it's a serious business even when he's essaying a funny character. In fact, comedy is… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
I saw 'Annie Hall' with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
“Don't underestimate the power of humor and the ability to laugh at yourself to deliver peace and serenity.” — Charles Glassman Copy Share Image
Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or… — Jim Dale Copy Share Image
I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At The Comedy Store, night after night, the crowds are fuller. It used to be Tuesday at 9 you'd have to start… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Endings of television shows are sometimes such depressing things. I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
I'm a goofball, so I think comedy is one of my stronger points, as an actor. I just never get to do… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I'd like to do more dramatic roles but I would never give up comedy to do it. I've seen a lot of… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this… — Patrick Warburton Copy Share Image
I've always tried to do things a little bit before they were being done by the mainstream. I challenge myself to do… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Aditi is a comedy superstar over in India. She's only one of three female English-speaking comedians in India. — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
In my mind, I'm hilarious, so I would love to do some comedy. But, I'm not exactly sure my perspective is a… — Timothy Olyphant Copy Share Image
I love standup, but it's self-indulgence. Me saying what I think and thinking people should listen to it. — Tom Rosenthal Copy Share Image
People will wonder, Am I supposed to think this is funny or serious? People need the comforting aural cue of laughter. It's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
“I have always marvelled at the ability of the average Gael to find something to laugh about in the most unlikely situation.” — Mary J. Macleod Copy Share Image
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny. — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done. You can tune me out, you can click me… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I have a great management team and great agents that assist me, and I take roles in feature films that I hope… — Olivia Stuck Copy Share Image
We judge people based on their clothes, social class, and, dare I say, ethnicity. Our comedians make light of these stereotypes regularly,… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
There's a lot of different parts to me, so it makes total sense to me that I would do a big TV… — Jenny Slate Copy Share Image
People are allowed to like different things than you. People are allowed to laugh at different things than you. — Matt Rife Copy Share Image
The way I deliver it is meant to be fun. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes, but it is meant to be funny… — Michelle Visage Copy Share Image
Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama. — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
