Unfortunately this is where comedy works, where people are…

There's a lot of people out there who are just miserable in their own lives, I guess, and just trying to make other people…

— Kevin Owens

Our society is so much about fidelity being this thing that's sacred, and people are miserable. They're suicidal. It brings more depression than anything…

— Julie Delpy

Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

— Anonymous

Comedy, when it works, is light on its feet and has the illusion of complete spontaneity: as if there is no film, no camera.…

— David Dobkin

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when…

— Colin Firth

To be honest, I don't know how comedy works.

— Bill Hader

Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much.

— Scot Armstrong

Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies where there's…

— Andy Samberg

When you really boil it down, what comedy does is you expect one thing, and you get a totally different thing that's humorous, and…

— Zoe Quinn

My CD, my first release, was at the Comedy Works in Denver, one of the best clubs in the country.

— Ari Shaffir

The only way physical comedy works is if you don't see it coming. And the harder the fall, the funnier it is. You have…

— Chris Pratt

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

— John Cleese

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

— Jason Alexander

Where comedy works best is where it does something unexpected and seeks to shed a different light on something which you haven't necessarily thought…

— Rebecca Root

“In his opinion, humans were best when miserable, and so he had worked at being miserable his whole life, and in his generous way…

— Rodman Philbrick