One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration. — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Hard comedy goes for the fences. It's also what you might call take-a-risk comedy because if you don't hit a home run,… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
My parents are very practical people and they told me, 'If this comedy thing is an actual career and a job that… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
“Those are the only to verbalizations usually that we make in movies—either to scream or to laugh—because those two reactions are rather… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You see, the patience of an audience is very short, particularly with a non-entity. You're an intruder, and you must make them… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that I'm a humorist or comedy songwriter. I will never take offence, but I think… — CMAT Copy Share Image
There's quite an overlap between musicians - especially drummers - who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who… — David Cross Copy Share Image
The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo:… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like...… — Martin Short Copy Share Image
For in the end, he was trying to tell us what afflicted the people in 'Brave New World' was not that they… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
A sketch should be about two to three minutes, which is basically what most songs are. They're usually done by groups. Good… — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
That's the great test: if you're going to be a great comic writer, not a humorist, you've got to take it into… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I… — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose.… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
I try to retire jokes as soon as I can once I put them on an album. But I can't think of… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Norbit operates on the principle that vulgarity is automatically funny. Crassness doesn't need a joke attached because it is (in and of… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them. — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I hate when people make jokes about cutting, suicide, or eating disorders because you don't know what the people around you are… — Why Not Copy Share Image
I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically. — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas. — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
I don't think there's ever an inappropriate time to laugh! I'm a curious person. So if someone laughs, I want to know… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail. — Jamie-Lynn Sigler Copy Share Image
With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
I would love to do some crazy action or even a real romantic comedy. I think that would be really exciting. — Jillian Murray Copy Share Image
“And then I started laughing. Horrible, really. But I was laughing. Because of all the things they could say about me, equal… — Megan Miranda Copy Share Image
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
There's plenty of room for all sorts of movies and all sorts of comedies, so I never saw that as a competitive… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
“You have this maddening little smile sometimes, like you've just thought of something incredibly witty but are afraid to say it in… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
