I think it is a humanising thing, comedy.

“Building a better world requires re-humanising the whole world .It is the only practical way.”

— kamil Toume

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising…

— Ricky Gervais

I love creating characters that are ridiculous and flawed. To me, the most important thing about comedy is the joy it can bring to…

— Lauren Lapkus

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

— David Steinberg

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

— Louis C. K

Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.

— Paul Morrissey

That's the thing about comedy, there's something utterly delightful and slightly pure about a really good joke, and to create one is a great…

— Sean Lock

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

— Jo Brand

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

— Hannah Gadsby

The thing about comedy is that you don't have to play funny.

— Rasika Dugal

There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good…

— Jonathan Krisel

The thing about my comedy is that I'm so comfortable with my disability that you don't have a right to be uncomfortable.

— Josh Blue

I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up.

— Neal Brennan

What I found absolutely the best thing about comedy is it's a little club. You find yourself part of this strange needy society of…

— John Bishop

The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up…

— Todd Phillips