I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
“There are many ways to kill someone. I prefer laughter, and doing it slowly, over the course of 70 years or so.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. — Edmond de Goncourt Copy Share Image
My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
“My whole life I though I was the star of an overly earnest romance movie, and it turns out I was in… — John Green Copy Share Image
It is the success of 'Hera Pheri' that made me do more comedy films like 'Hungama,' 'Malamaal Weekly' and 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa.' — Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
“There's a big difference between want and need," she muttered to herself, picking her pad and pen back up. "I mean I… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded on tape making racist comments. He now has been banned from the league for life.… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me… — Stephen Root Copy Share Image
I was bad at sports and picked last every day. I couldn't quite figure out what my role was in the social… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it.… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
“Comedians in their infancy are generally selfish, irresponsible, emotionally retarded, morally dubious, substance-addicted animals who live out of boxes and milk crates.… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“The funny part of being funny is when you start seeing your fans writing funny words and attributing them to you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I do as much comedy as I possibly can but I’m basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the… — Rufus Sewell Copy Share Image
A lot of times, comedic actors are discriminated against. People just assume they can't do something other than what they do, rather… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I don't believe in comedy as a TV genre - I think there's drama that is funny. Because beyond the laughs, there… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual… — Emmett Kelly Copy Share Image
“Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.” — Louis C.K Copy Share Image
I haven't seen comedy as popular as it is now since when I started, in the late 1980s boom. It feels like… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
With comedy, I've always had a pretty good sense of what I like and how to execute it well, but drama has… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
When people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work. Kill the grimness with laughter. Encourage exuberance. Get rid of sad… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a… — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
I think the fundamental issue with comedians is everyone wants to be a famous comedian. That's a really difficult thing to achieve… — Andrew Santino Copy Share Image
I like to watch and perform the kind of comedy that comes out of the situation - where the character is really… — Judge Reinhold Copy Share Image
The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
There's no getting around it - I am a politically incorrect, racially insensitive, culturally controversial comic, but at least I'm self-aware. — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“A joke is a witticism or play on words that’s meant to be funny. I say ‘meant to be’ because most jokes… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
I think comedy Ive learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail. — Jamie Lynn Sigler Copy Share Image
It is a cliche, and it is also true, that humor springs from existential pain - from a need to blunt the… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
It's certainly easy to mock some things ... Oddly enough though I've never found it easy to mock anything of value. Only… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
