Comedy helped me open up and be vulnerable with people and actually listen when people talk. — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing. — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything. — John Candy Copy Share Image
When a monkey nibbles on a penis, it's funny in any language. -Alan — The Hangover 2 Copy Share Image
I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects. — Patton Oswalt 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 was definitely prepared for it to be slower, and it has not worked out that way in any shape or form.… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this… — Kate Hudson Copy Share Image
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards.… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
A lot of comedy clubs are set up with people sitting at little tables and you have everything from the way they… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had… — Warren Littlefield Copy Share Image
I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
Stand-up is a weird animal. There are people who really want to know what you think about things, your opinion on life.… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
