Comedy Quotes · Page 113

Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am…

— Tim Roth

I do kind of aspire to do comedy that appeals to a wide range of audiences and doesn't divide people. I never…

— Jim Gaffigan

In comedy you are allowed to be weird - and even applauded for it.

— Mae Martin

Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together.

— Randy Rainbow

Twitter is comedy writing. It's one-liners that give way to fully fleshed-out thoughts.

— Jaboukie Young-White

My wife's gotten really lazy, or as she calls it, 'pregnant.'

— Jim Gaffigan

"Entertainers Of Faith," funnyman Jim Gaffigan isn't ashamed of his Catholicism. He's seen here leaving a New York comedy club with his…

— Jim Gaffigan

I just hate the whole idea of labeling anything as a comedy. If you tell me something's funny, I'll want to rebel…

— Amy Sedaris

It's important on a comedy to have a fun loving set.

— Anneliese van der Pol

How can you feel like an actual member of society casting a vote for a president when in a professional interview you…

— Kyle Kinane

'You Gotta Have Heart' is one of the most ridiculously perfect, amazing musical comedy songs ever.

— George C. Wolfe

I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first. I…

— Katie Aselton

A big part of my schtick in my live comedy is doing earnest R&B ballads.

— Jamie Demetriou

I never considered game show host as a career, but it's fun because I get to inject some of my comedy into…

— Scott Rogowsky

In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.

— Mary-Louise Parker

I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant…

— Johnny Vegas

The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still…

— George Takei

I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

— Johnny Knoxville

Comedy makes things believable. Because if there's anything we all know, it's how to make fun of ourselves, and to make fun…

— Claudia Jessie

have you ever noticed how a man orders food at a fast-food drive-through window? ... men have an innate desire to be…

— Becky Freeman

Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol…

— Woody Allen

It's very hard to find a good comedy. I prefer doing comedy far over anything else because I think they're actually more…

— Sigourney Weaver

That's what happens with most comedies. If you watch 10 minutes and there's no joke, then you're disappointed because you're expecting jokes.…

— Quentin Dupieux

Einstein used science to get laid. That guy is a genius. I've been using money.

— Doug Benson

I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a…

— Oscar Wilde

Interestingly enough, even though my parents didn't necessarily support what I was doing at first, going into comedy, a lot of what…

— Quinta Brunson

I still don't really know what my style is. I like a lot of different kinds of comedy, I like watching it…

— Bonnie McFarlane

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

— Robin Williams

Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because…

— Curtis Hanson

I just watched a ton of comedy and saw a ton of different styles, and eventually you think, 'Oh, yeah, I could…

— John Mulaney

I have a lot more fun making comedies because there's a levity on the set, and I find it difficult to go…

— Megan Fox

There's two positions in snowboarding. One is looking cool and the other is DEAD!

— Eddie Izzard

I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist.…

— James Bobin

I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.

— Jennifer Coolidge

I don't get a lot of romantic comedy scripts.

— Ryan Reynolds

So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.

— Judd Apatow

With 'Attachments,' my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout.

— Rainbow Rowell

I think there should be comedy in everything; it doesn't matter what you're doing.

— Travis Fimmel

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an…

— Douglas Sirk