The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“People are funny. They look down from all sorts of heights and then if the looking down has no effect they get… — john mcgahern Copy Share Image
Different things just strike people differently. And it's so subjective, too. Because what makes one person laugh won't make others laugh. I… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
If you know me, I don't live in this dismal world. I mean, I like to have fun. My friends are comedians. — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes… — Austin Peck Copy Share Image
I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in… — Mackenzie Davis Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked… — Stephen Baldwin 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
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
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'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
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
“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
When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Laughing, the man replied, “I’ve been following you, you’ve been following the pilgrims in front of you, and they’ve been following in… — Stephen Marriott Copy Share Image
“No one really knows anything about comedy. We know a little bit about what we’re doing, but as far as the industry—the… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
A comic's like anybody else - he does what he does to support himself and feed his family. But if a comic… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
“People may ask "why do you laugh at simple things?" Tell them that why don't you? Life is too short to make… — Kenneth de Guzman Copy Share Image
Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I'm truly excited to be a part of 'Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai' and SAB TV. This will be my first tryst… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
When you talk about modern comedy I think there's a big three right now, and that's Louis C.K., Bill Burr, and Jim… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
I'm a nightclub comic. That's what I do. I work in the clubs uncensored because my mind is uncensored, and those are… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I've been in situations where, in the midst of really hardcore events in my life, I made some ridiculous off-color joke that… — Samuel Witwer Copy Share Image
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A lot of comedy films, there's the opinion, 'Well, if it's funny, put it in.' But I think you have to be… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
It is always easy in life to make a joke on the serious thoughts than take on joke seriously in its thoughts… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
“It’s easier to complain than to laugh, easier to yell than to joke around, easier to be demanding than to be satisfied.” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The government, the state, they're just objects of jokes rather than serious consideration. I can't possibly take them seriously. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
The best way to do comedy is to not filter yourself, and then you could always fix it later. You want to… — Ken Marino Copy Share Image
Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount… — Alex Winter Copy Share Image
“I asked you a question. What are you doing here?" Resting his elbows on the side of the tub, he smiled lazily.… — Sandra Hill Copy Share Image
One reason [of Andy Griffith Show popularity] is because of the formula. It had comedy, but it also had tender moments. The… — Betty Lynn Copy Share Image
Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a… — Beatrice Lillie Copy Share Image
People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it? — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
I think we all have a similar philosophy about comedy and comic performance which is that it's at its best when you… — Mathew Baynton Copy Share Image
All of my favorite comedy has always been of the grounded variety. Even 'MacGruber.' I think that MacGruber is a really grounded… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image