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I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
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Without sounding pretentious, if you get the emotional truth right, then you're set. Then the funny stuff you can pile on as… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
Good satire is about attacking the powerful, and that tends to be more the purview of the left. Maybe there's something about… — Tom Tomorrow Copy Share Image
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
Humor is necessary - it allows the reader to come up for air before dunking them under again. I need humor and… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
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Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
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Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of -… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
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So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
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When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
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I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a… — Kit Williamson Copy Share Image
Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person,… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
I went to a pizzeria. The guy gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart with what… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
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Thomas, my 15-year-old, is effectively my editor, I've always trusted his voice, more than anybody, on the strip for years. He has… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
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I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not… — RZA Copy Share Image
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