If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify. — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
It is a difficult thing to like anybody else's ideas of being funny. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
If you don't follow the stock market, you are missing some amazing drama. — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
You need to tune into a different way of being funny for kids. They're learning the rhythm of a joke. — Graham Linehan Copy Share Image
You don't want to keep on mentioning being blind because it stops being funny - if you are just talking about that,… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I did a lot of sitcoms, and being funny isn't about being beautiful. Usually, beautiful people aren't the funny people. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
In Africa, we were around thousands of people who have seen a lot of poverty, but they were fun at the end… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
My wife is funny. And I dabble in it. So being funny is big around our house. But what's surprised me is… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is… — Kate Micucci Copy Share Image
I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid and was always doing… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
People have said to me for a long time, "Man you're funny." I say, "Well, I'm quick," but being funny on purpose,… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I always dreamed of being an entertainer. So, my whole life to some extent, or from the age that I can remember… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in writing is not in the things it makes one write but in… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Part of my defence mechanism is humour, so sometimes when I'm being funny, it's just as a way of stopping people from… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I… — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
I'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You shouldn't worry who gets the funny line, just that you're being funny as a double act. With us, it flips all… — Ant McPartlin Copy Share Image
I'm like the master of ceremonies being funny, and then sometimes people you're with, girlfriends and stuff, are like, 'God I wish… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been in really ghastly… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
A new poll shows that Americans now believe that Bill Clinton is more honest than President Bush. At least when Clinton screwed… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
In a late-night monologue, it's not just about being funny; you have to come off as knowledgeable. You have to cultivate a… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
I feel like anyone who's ever wanted to be a performer went through this phase, where you thought that being funny equaled… — Edi Patterson Copy Share Image
I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part! — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
A man can add to his sexuality by being funny, whereas a woman can diminish hers. I don't know why that's the… — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is probably one of the funniest people I've ever met in my life. Everything the kid does is funny.… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
