Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“Every time you get someone to laugh, you elevate their life as well as your own, if only for a moment.” — Scott McCray Copy Share Image
“After being diagnose as bi-polar...I feel that laughter is the best medicine for all. I find that I can't write humorously and be… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
I've been to some funerals where there's a lot of laughing - it's about celebrating their new journey. I can't think of… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
As you meditate, you'll develop a sense of humor so that you can laugh at yourself, which you need to do in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's only one podcast subject that can give Donald Trump a run for his money when it comes to vulgarity, excess, and… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
I think it's the same as comedy. They're just highly entertaining. They take you on a ride. They tap into your base… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
I was never considered 'a marketable hero', and never got promoted to that category. I am not complaining - I found another… — Vivek Copy Share Image
“One of the traits of sophistication is the capacity to cross borders between different cultural relevancies. Humor is often, intentionally or not,… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
The best way to neutralise fear is by laughing. You can see the dynamics of this in action when people watch a… — Dean Frazer Copy Share Image
“Aryans?" I asked, thinking I must have heard the word incorrectly. Christian and Allie nodded. "Aryans as in white supremacist, those sorts… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
I always think of myself as a comedy feeder type person, and that feeder lets themselves get out of your comfort zone… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century,… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
You can take my dirtiest, craziest joke, and I can break down in my head why there's a good, honest, honorable reason… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Really, laughing is such a strange reaction to something. The idea of it is so bizarre, so instinctual, and kind of magical. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
“It bears repeating a third time: Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humour does.” — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Humor does depend on surprise, and the things that people remember as the funniest things in the world, you look at later… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Laughter is the buildup of tension in your body. You need it to blow up the balloon you're popping with your punchline. — Tony Hinchcliffe Copy Share Image
I'm at my best when I'm at my funniest and most observational comedy is topical. But anything forced, it stings or reads… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
Other comedians have more flexibility and more mental freedom. They can be loose with what they have written. — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
When someone's an actor and you're an actor, you meet them and you feel like you know them. We're in the same… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
As much effort it takes in nailing great comic timing, it takes the same effort to ace any dance step or a… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
Bumble-Ardy looks like a happy book. That's the funniest thing about it. But this was survival. I was working very hard to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“if you keep looking for what’s wrong you might just miss the very thing that’s right. I want it to be about… — John Williams Copy Share Image
“And how could he know the character of the country? By finding out the sense of humor of the country. For if… — Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
The hardest part of comedy is writing the jokes, and the second-hardest part is telling the jokes. To me, everything else is… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
“Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes. I go to drown in doleful dumps, dead-drunk with drearihead.” — John Bellairs Copy Share Image
One good, hearty laugh is a bombshell exploding in the right place, while spleen and discontent are a gun that kicks over… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
In comedy, falling means laughter. You can take something sacred and make it silly. The more sacred it is, the funnier it… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
There's a danger zone if you take yourself too seriously. It's a terrible trap to fall into. I think it's the death… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have fun and always wanted to have, I think attention, in a way, where I'm making someone laugh. — Megan Stalter Copy Share Image
I like to think that even with some of the more intense ones sometimes there is humour in there, you try to… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
I called a detox center - just to see how much it would cost: $13,000 for three weeks! My friends, if you… — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
