Comedy Quotes · Page 478

The thing is, not everyone is funny, is the reality. That's terrifying! You either have the comedic timing or you don't.

— Melissa Barrera

I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think…

— John C. Reilly

The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying…

— Joe Rogan

I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why…

— Adrian Edmondson

My mom, she's like Why can't you just do a nice romantic comedy like Jennifer Love Hewitt? And I'm like: Mom, look…

— Norman Reedus

The only way I've learned to change anyone's mind politically is to make them laugh. My whole career has been about that.

— John Waters

[Robert Smigel] is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches.He's…

— Neal Brennan

I always say, 'Thank goodness 'Wimpy Kid' was a comedy because my singing in that was more humorous than professional.'

— Devon Bostick

“I wanted to write something that made no linear sense. None. Zero. Something that was 87% pure nonsense, 12% pure alcohol, and…

— Jarod Kintz

“Vikriti refers to the present state of humours in your body. It alludes to fleeting ailments, seasonal mood swings and transient changes…

— Om Swami

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it or you don't.…

— Heinrich Böll

I think funny is just the foundation. I don't really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It…

— Robert Mankoff

Humor is so culturally based that when I try to tell a joke as me being a white American, if I tell…

— Michael Emerson

Comedy is a serious business. It's frustrating when I can't find the right thing that makes the crew laugh. If I don't…

— Allison Janney

Something that is funny, that I use sometimes if I'm doing comedy, is the fact that I'm now often mistaken for the…

— Black Thought

I have enjoyed doing some films as they were well written like 'Andaz Apna Apna,' 'Hera Pheri' and 'Cheeni Kum.' These films…

— Paresh Rawal

I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema…

— Pamela Yates

Sometimes, you just get in this mentality of 'Fuck you, this is funny.' If you don't think so, you're the asshole.

— Seth Rogen

The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it’s a bad thing, but Marc Webb makes…

— Manohla Dargis

Me being silly, funny and goofy isn't immaturity, It's the way I express myself. I know when & how to stop at…

— Anonymous

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I…

— Richard Pryor

My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian.…

— James Cromwell

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

— Paul Lynde

What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and,…

— Casey Wilson

If you can help it, don't be rude to people. When you're rude about someone and the audience laugh you can't deny…

— Michael McIntyre

I have little comedy notebooks, and I also have notes in my phone, and I'll write on my laptop for longer stories.

— Michelle Buteau

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without…

— Justin Simien

Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's…

— Alexei Sayle

And it really pisses Peter and Micky off when I get onto one of those tangents where I start to do humor.

— Davy Jones

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny. And when you're very, very happy, you're not very funny. You're just happy.…

— Joan Rivers

I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think…

— Sally Ride

Joke stealing is a big deal to me, but I mean, I'm not going to investigate it if it doesn't effect me…

— Greg Giraldo

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like…

— Gene Wilder

Time will mellow it, make it a moment for laughter. But now it was not funny, now I did not laugh. It…

— Daphne du Maurier

So in all humours sportively I range; My muse is rightly of the English strain, That cannot long one fashion entertain.

— Michael Drayton

I don't feel any pressure to be funny at all. I'm funny because I want to be funny. I could sit here…

— Jim Carrey

Matt LeBlanc thinks his own jokes are funny which is problematic when you're driving along - he expects you to laugh and…

— Chris Harris

I go to a lot of movies where people are all around me laughing, and I feel like I'm from outer space…

— Meryl Streep

When I see something, I know why something's funny or seems to be funny. But in the end it's just another picture…

— Garry Winogrand

“No, it's the best time for jokes,' said Olivia. She forced a weak smile. 'Jokes remind us that we're alive. And that…

— Mira Grant