In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
I think it's an uphill battle in every field. You hear late-night comedy is hard on women. And then you hear investment… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
People are much more vicious about comedy than about anything else. If it's drama they go: 'Oh well, that didn't really work.'… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing… — Dana Carvey Copy Share Image
You spend so much of your life crafting this stuff that you want to laugh in the room. I don't want to… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
They make three types of movies, and if you don't make one of those three, you have to find independent financing: It's… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
You know, when you do standup there are certain requirements that you have to do like you have to go on stage… — Larry David Copy Share Image
I think there is a weird loneliness that comes with being a comedian. There is something definitely inside the personality of a… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Saying gay people shouldn't be the punchline is basically saying don't make people the punch line, which I think is ridiculous. The… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I don't take myself too seriously. I think if you can treat comedy as normal then inevitably you will get more laughs.… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the… — Ron White Copy Share Image
When the animal becomes human, the effect is pleasingly benign and we laugh outloud, "Okay come clean now. This isn't really about… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the… — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's very hard to watch comedy for me, when I'm doing a comedy show, because I either watch a show and I… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
You ever buy a book and not read it? You feel almost guilty having it up on a bookshelf. People are like,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Caligula was a pervert and a tyrant. If the Roman emperor had any redeeming qualities, they weren’t immediately obvious. Unencumbered by things… — Natalie Kyriacou Copy Share Image
“I like someone who laughs, but not all the time, and not too loud. I like it when someone laughs at the… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My comedy isn't clean; it's just friendly. So I get asked to do a lot of clean shows. It's like, 'Oh, I… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Its a shame when the things that are on your mind and in your heart never reach your lips. Laughter will always… — Frederick Komba Copy Share Image
“Solemnity, I don't know what it's for. I mean, what is the point of it? The two most beautiful memorial services that… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below… — Loren Acton Copy Share Image
I think it go serious in college when I found out I really enjoyed making people laugh. It makes me happy. I… — Bill Bellamy Copy Share Image
It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Has the gift of laughter been withdrawn from me? I protest that I do still, at the age of forty-seven, laugh often… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Some comedians tell nice jokes that you can tell to your kids. Some use bad words - they work 'blue.' If you… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents,… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
