Comedy Quotes · Page 493

Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with…

— Owen Gleiberman

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it…

— Jeff Dunham

I think comedy is definitely a good thing, because it allows people to talk from their own lived experience and I think…

— Judi Love

I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me…

— Mindy Kaling

I need to be spontaneous sometimes. Sometimes I find that the little detail or nuance that you add to it that's based…

— Thomas Lennon

Maybe I would get the chance to be financed for a small romantic comedy, but a war movie by a 28-year-old woman…

— Julie Delpy

The word 'supportive' has no place in stand-up comedy. I hate when people are like, 'Support female comedy.' That's not a real…

— Ali Wong

Drama is what I'm really obsessed by. It's what gets me up in the morning, what I live for. But I'll always…

— Will Poulter

At school I was very shy and coincidentally inherited the title 'little miss worry guts,' and that was just among the staff.…

— Erin O'Connor

I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but…

— Doc Brown

I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about…

— Sean William Scott

Comedy is an intellectual affair, and deals chiefly with logic. Tragedy is an emotional affair, and deals chiefly with value. Horace Walpole…

— James Kern Feibleman

I see parody as another form of comedy. If you are making a comedy, there are a lot of different ways to…

— Bruce Campbell

“They were happy, I thought. As a child, laughter is all you need as proof of happiness. As a child you don't…

— Faiqa Mansab

I think all great comedies - or at least the comedies I like - it has some of the funniest moments, but…

— James Franco

Trump's hobbled vocabulary is now the incontestable stuff of comedy: not just how few his words but how narrow their range, from…

— Howard Jacobson

“A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one…

— Kathy Griffin

The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it's a bad thing, but [(500) Days of…

— Manohla Dargis

A great horror film works as a communal experience more than almost anything else, except for maybe a comedy. That's something that…

— Ari Aster

One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don't know if it's…

— Joyce DeWitt

I'd say a lot of black comics were forced to do the black comedy circuit. I'd go into black comedy clubs and…

— Sinbad

In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes…

— Will Smith

“Trip cackled. “That’s so wrong!” “You laughed. If you laugh, then you think it’s true.” “Who said that?” “Everyone.” He huffed. “People…

— Damon Suede

Stand-up is a real art form in itself and one that I really think to be good at you have to devote…

— Rob Corddry

I was sort of trained in drama. I went to theater school. I started on the stage. Comedy is absolutely an essential…

— Alex O'Loughlin

Be prepared to cut your little extra lines that come after a big punchline and move on to the next joke or…

— Franklyn Ajaye

I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but…

— Aisha Tyler

Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas…

— William Hazlitt

I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the…

— Eric Andre

I try not to be mean for the sake of being mean, and if I do do a joke or a tweet…

— Brad Williams

I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me…

— Joss Whedon

At some point, and maybe it's a function of age, you've had enough of it. You start to slide in other directions.…

— Craig Mazin

I'm honored that other comedians like what I do. That means the world to me. But at the same time when I'm…

— Brian Regan

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and…

— Steve Martin

I try not to blame the public, because the public - men, especially - have seen not great portrayals of women in…

— Paul Feig

One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I…

— Sandra Cisneros

I'm in the middle of an existential crisis in how I approach comedy about these big issues. I sometimes find, when I…

— Nish Kumar

It's like being a stand-up comedian is what leads to being a talk-show host. That life is not cut out for a…

— Chelsea Handler

An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I…

— Elinor Lipman

It was getting to that point where it was just 'Anthony is just the funny guy.' Before it got to that point…

— Anthony Anderson