If you try to go for a laugh, it's death to the comedy…

The thing is, I hate political comedy. I personally loathe it.

— Christian Finnegan

I'm not a fan of stand-up comedy, personally. But some of them are incredibly skilled.

— Bob Mortimer

There's a danger zone if you take yourself too seriously. It's a terrible trap to fall into. I think it's the death of comedy.

— Samantha Bee

I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist onstage, there…

— Nish Kumar

I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find…

— Noah Baumbach

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

— Mark Wahlberg

I'm in the middle of an existential crisis in how I approach comedy about these big issues. I sometimes find, when I get drawn…

— Nish Kumar

Only one who has achieved immortality of awareness can laugh with life and laugh with death.

— Frederick Lenz

From Mahmud Ghazni to Ahmed Shah Abdali, Punjab was hit by marauders so many times that we have learnt to laugh even at death.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny

— Brendan Fraser

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

— Seth Gordon

I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster!

— William Shakespeare

Most books that come out with a comedy label seem to be, Eric [Wareheim] and I could have written, "This is our story, and…

— Tim Heidecker

I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening.…

— Will Ferrell

I never approach comedy thinking 'I know it all.' Comedy is tough. To make people laugh is not easy.

— Diljit Dosanjh