Comedy Quotes · Page 116

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope...…

— Hal Sparks

I usually have sex to my stand-up comedy album. Power move.

— Jeff Ross

I decided to do a comedy. It's a good mind-set to go into work and be happy every day instead of being…

— Mila Kunis

Some of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act.

— Jim Gaffigan

We just, you know, we're just sort of doing it like Bewitched, because we just think that the character of Kenny is…

— Debra Messing

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented…

— Tom Hooper

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.

— Gilda Radner

I have a dark sense of humor, so I definitely like to work on stuff like that. I do enjoy working in…

— Fiona Gubelmann

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person…

— Scott Thompson

I think that Canadians have an incredible reverence for authority and regard for authority, and I think one of the healthy ways…

— Lorne Michaels

I have done negative roles, I have done comedy, action.

— Nikitin Dheer

People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.

— Barack Obama

If I had a choice, I would do comedy all the time. It's just the most challenging thing. To make someone laugh…

— Bruce Willis

Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that…

— Aziz Ansari

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies.…

— Adam Shankman

I've always been, like, a book-smart person; I'm very into language and reading, and that really lends itself to comedy, because you…

— Janelle James

Fat is where comedy is stored,

— Craig Ferguson

“Asking someone else to drive your sports car is like asking someone else to kiss your girlfriend.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'm doing a pilot for Comedy Central with the band Steel Panther. They're faux heavy metal. They started as kind of a…

— Brian Posehn

My comedy is about nothing. I do it because I feel less inadequate on stage moving about than I do off stage…

— Lee Evans

I really geek out with horror and like to delve into the subgenres, whether it's comedy or slasher or sci-fi.

— Lydia Hearst

I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but…

— Aisha Tyler

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

— Gad Elmaleh

Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often…

— Rebecca Traister

As an actor, I'm not sure what I had to offer the world of tragedy and comedy when I was 21. I…

— Michael Emerson

I've been a huge fan of the cable network FX for a very, very long time. I think their brand of comedy…

— Chris Klein

“Sebastian,” Katarina said, turning to her nephew. “You’ve grown.” “It happens,” Sebastian quipped, flashing her his usual lopsided grin. “Goodness,” she said…

— Julia Quinn

I can't not love comedy.

— Johnny Lever

I've never done an actual Western, and I would love to do that. I've done drama and dark comedy stuff. I've never…

— Max Thieriot

My comedy comes from the actual music itself - they're observational musical gags. I could take the music away and it would…

— Bill Bailey

I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told…

— Moshe Kasher

“I need to explain all this to Adam in private. I can't get McGillicuddy to explain it to him. Something will be…

— Jennifer Echols

I'm not really interested in doing a traditional romantic comedy where everything ties up neatly.

— Leslie Mann

I knew I wanted to work with Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] again on something comedic, and we are having a blast…

— Ryan Murphy

Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I'm trying my hand at writing. I'm writing a couple of projects for HBO, a half hour comedy and a miniseries.

— Charles S. Dutton

The Stones, I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney.

— Steven Wright

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing…

— Rachael Harris

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a…

— Steve Martin

One day in the shower, you figure it out. It's a special day in a man's life. I was like, 'Oh, I…

— Adam Ferrara