“Don’t ever lose your smile. Don’t ever let anything take away the joy from your laugh. You never know when the taste… — Emory R. Frie Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
One of the jobs of comedy is to expose hypocrisy. When you look at countries like Iran or North Korea that don't… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
I'd like to do 'My Best Friend's Wedding,' 'Pretty Woman,' Meg Ryan type stuff. Romantic comedies. I'd love to do some action… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When people get into extreme situations or they want something bad enough, hilarity can ensue because the stakes are just that high. — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
I think there's still a feeling within society, entertainment aside, that women are less funny than men. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I'm discovering there are innumerable ways to package, promote and sell my humor, as long as I reserve a little for myself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine joke; a long joke that's being continually retold in an accent too thick and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
People need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally,… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
The funny thing about The West Wing is - and I don't know what Aaron Sorkin says about it - but I'm… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
Im fascinated by failure, and Im fascinated by finality. Shakespeares historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“Laughter may not be nearly as expressive as language, but it has two properties that make it ideal for navigating sensitive topics.… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
August is the time when I can feel myself getting stronger as a comedian. I'm at the height of my powers come… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
“I grok people. I am people so now I can say it in people talk. I've found out why people laugh. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've done history; I've done biopics, I've done a little bit of comedy. I just want to keep going and show people… — Jason Mitchell Copy Share Image
You can see that the successful comedians who have come from New Zealand, like Flight of the Conchords, they had the time… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
Norman Lear was talking about everything in the '70s... race, sexism, all of it. The network comedy really stayed away from that… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
As a comedian you have to remind yourself that it happens; every now and again you can just have a bad gig… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I think standups, a lot of times, get lost in making sure they don't upset anybody and making sure they stay with… — Andrew Santino Copy Share Image
Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I never go about a new project as if I'm trying ot redefine myself. I just like to work, and I'm excited… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh. — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
One thing you learn from comedy writing, or sketch writing, is just to be vicious about cutting. Do not get sentimental about… — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could… — Bobby Farrelly Copy Share Image
Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
That's what I'm attracted to: how people face struggle - with humor - and how they handle tough situations in their lives… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing… — Alan Ruck Copy Share Image
Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an… — Kel Mitchell Copy Share Image
I set out to be a comedian, and then the spokesperson thing is kind of just something that came along with it. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
“stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
