Comedians are always going to be in the showbiz middle class, you're not Brad Pitt; you're never going to be Sam Rockwell… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
A big girl once came up to me after a show and said "I think you're fatist." I said "No, no. I… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
The trick [in comedy] is always to figure out how real you're playing it and how real it's supposed to feel. That's… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character. — Tom Selleck Copy Share Image
I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
You get used to such micro-aggressions, those sneaky remarks. Especially in comedy: when the mood is meant to be light you can… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
Jewish comedy doesn't come out of nothing. Jewish music doesn't come out of nothing... I don't want to be part of a… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out here on the… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“When the end comes, there will be important things to say, for sure. But there will also be that last laugh, and… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down… — Ron White Copy Share Image
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. Man shares the capacity for love and hate, anger and fear, loyalty and grief, with… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I grew up on Laurel and Hardy. I'm aware from my own experience that comedy has got quite a fierce sell-by date,… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I think the best kind of comedy is the least self conscious. I think if you just sort of let the comedy… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“It is obvious, by the sounds of the dizzy, hysterical laughter that you start to exhale when you’re an adult and you… — Abigail Tarttelin Copy Share Image
Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
“Comedians and artists are some of the loneliest, self-destructive people on the planet. If you enjoy what they produce, take the time… — Roz Inga Copy Share Image
My comedy has no color, it's for everybody, black, white, Latino, Asian. It's not a pro-black show, not a def jam show;… — Bruce Bruce Copy Share Image
In England, there are four major cities within a two-hour drive, so the comedy circuit thrives as a result. — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too. — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
At the end of the day people should remember that we are just trying to make people laugh. Some jokes work and… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
Interestingly enough, even though my parents didn't necessarily support what I was doing at first, going into comedy, a lot of what… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
Laughing at ones own attempt at humor while saying things just come to me should be punishable by death. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh.… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
I laughed and it almost felt good. "Is that a dig at my liquor cabinet?" Cam smiled. "That wasn't liquor, it was… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
When you grow up poor and you work hard, your relaxation comes from laughter. It's such a free vacation. — Janelle James Copy Share Image
If they ever come up with a swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something. — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style. — Buddy Hackett Copy Share Image
There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
There's something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day. — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
Years ago I played different female roles in 'Grand Indian Comedy Show,' but as it was not as popular show as 'TKSS'… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
As a rule people don't think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to… — James Broughton Copy Share Image