Comedy Quotes · Page 446

People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.

— Tracy Morgan

Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good…

— John Krasinski

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

— Bruce Robinson

On Capitol Hill, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales raised his right hand, swore to tell the truth, and then everybody had a good…

— Jay Leno

Comedy is about talking about my own experience, and I'm a woman, and that's my experience, and just because it isn't yours…

— Sarah Silverman

If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there…

— Michael Keaton

But comedy is like music, it appeals to some people. Some people like Creed, those people are usually pretty stupid. But they…

— Zach Galifianakis

I came upon whatever I'm doing organically. I didn't study anything. I don't have any real aspirations other than to connect with…

— Marc Maron

Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy,…

— John C. Reilly

When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I…

— Carol Burnett

Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy…

— Steve Almond

There is a relationship between humor and fear. Think of all the gags you ever heard that have to do with dismemberment,…

— Stephen King

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I…

— Mathew Baynton

I think I'm known mostly for comedy because most of the work I've done is comedy and that is in turn because…

— Ranvir Shorey

If I say 'political comedian,' then people think you're talking about you, the Senate and Congress, and what's going on in Washington…

— W. Kamau Bell

There's nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you're not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking…

— Tom Waits

The mad thing is, most of my life, when I'm not in a dark mood, it's been humour that's got me through.…

— Richard Ashcroft

Whenever I'm on my way to a premiere or something, I always have a good laugh in the car... because it's all…

— John Cho

“One of these days, Leo, you're going to end up in a crazy-ass threesome, and I'm going to laugh. I'm going to…

— Sophie Oak

I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.

— Michael Caine

I'm into comedy, stuff like 'The Office,' 'The Royle Family,' 'Only Fools And Horses,' 'Bilko,' that sort of stuff.

— Chris Kamara

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression.…

— Sylvester Stallone

“I couldn't understand these town people. If they weren't staring at a fellow, they were laughing at him.”

— Wilson Rawls

My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies…

— Susan Stroman

I think comedy and horror are very similar in that there's a very direct intention. So you're trying to be funny, or…

— Evan Peters

I understood the workmanlike quality of a good stand-up. They all have this. There's a technique for everything you do. But boy,…

— Tim Matheson

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

— John Oliver

I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention.

— Doug Stanhope

But my comedy hero was Stephen Chow. His deadpan comedy, all the stuff he wrote like 'From Beijing with Love,' it's incredibly…

— Jimmy O. Yang

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Working in comedies is not something I set out to do. But, I love it. I've taken some improv classes here and…

— Erick Chavarria

I still like to think I have a pretty good laugh with the other guys in the dressing room and still enjoy…

— Joe Root

Being around Lily Tomlin has been great, how she treats people, how she handles herself, how she goes about interpreting her character…

— Baron Vaughn

I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough.…

— William H. Macy

I grew up with Morecambe and Wise, they were part of Christmas, part of Easter, part of our lives. They were the…

— Nigel Havers

And I must draft an advertisement for the Daily Prophet, too,' he added thoughtfully. 'We'll be needing a new Defense Against the…

— Anonymous

The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.

— Ronnie Corbett

My parents certainly didn't understand TV comedy. They wouldn't turn on 'Married... With Children' and laugh.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Those are the movies that we [with Evan Goldberg] always wanted to make. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the kind of movies where…

— Seth Rogen