Comedy Quotes · Page 72

I really like dark, politically incorrect humor.

— Marina Abramovic

Comedy is based partly on mean-spiritedness.

— Nipsey Russell

Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy.

— Cary Grant

I've always loved doing comedy.

— James Wolk

These fools are my fuel, so I make them cool.

— Lupe Fiasco

My whole life is a funny moment, man.

— Charlie Murphy

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

— Larry Wilmore

Don't copy anyone's humour, create your own..

— Alec

I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.

— Michael Shanks

When the situation is serious, don't be funny; and when the situation is funny, don't be serious!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I am that person. I will crack on a kid. I will crack jokes in that way.

— Janelle James

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

— Marcus Brigstocke

Most comedians are borderline psychotic. It's what makes their work interesting.

— Julian Barratt

I'm the kind of girl who will burst out laughing because of something that happened the day before.

— Anonymous

You can hit the comedy, but a lot of 'Shrill' is also emotional.

— Lolly Adefope

“no demon can posses you if you maintain the ability to turn and laugh at it”

— Rachel Roberts

When I started comedy, I would find myself daydreaming about coming home to play Bridgestone, but never really thinking it would happen.…

— Nate Bargatze

Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all.…

— Tim Conway

The holy grail for me is just stand-up - It's always been that. If I can just tour and headline in stand-up,…

— Chris Cubas

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

— Jon Stewart

I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

— Malin Akerman

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value…

— Louis C. K

I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge…

— Stephen Colbert

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions…

— Robert Crais

And they both began to laugh over nothing as children will when they are happy together. And they laughed so that in…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke.…

— Robin Williams

One of the great things about being on a show for a long period of time is watching the show evolve. A…

— John Swihart

I don't come from a comedy background or a stand-up background, but I think that sometimes there's a misconception that an actor…

— Darren Boyd

“Win demagnetized and then pried off the power chamber faring and tossed it aside. Then he started to laugh. And dance. And…

— Marcha A. Fox

I really loved Andy Kaufman growing up, like every comedy person does. I like when sometimes the audience isn't quite sure what's…

— Mike O'Brien

I do think, with people in comedy, you can have your time, as it were, and then you don't realise that it…

— Julia Davis

I certainly think, obviously, rhythm is a huge part of being an actor. It just is unconscious, to a degree, but particularly…

— Simon Helberg

A joke's a very serious thing.

— Charles Churchill

“May God grant us the grace to laugh at ourselves.”

— Ray Blackston

Let's just let funny people be funny.

— Nicole Byer

I've found that my humor goes over big in London.

— Jackie Mason

The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.

— Judy Gold

“Sometimes funny is all you've got.”

— Amy Harmon

“It's okay. You can laugh. It's funny.”

— Azula

I'd love to dive into a comedy.

— Lily Collins