Comedy Quotes · Page 118

American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.

— Joe Manganiello

I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever…

— Al Murray

There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to…

— Federico Garcia Lorca

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

— Felipe Esparza

What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.

— Denis Diderot

“Mankind is immortal in the comic perspective not by virtue of man's subjugation of nature but by virtue of man's subjection to…

— Rose A. Zimbardo

My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best…

— Will Smith

I love the basic comedy of growing a moustache.

— Ben Miller

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a…

— David Baddiel

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

— Carter Burwell

I try to be kind, and I try to reflect that in my comedy, but I'm also incredibly bad at being mean.…

— Josh Gondelman

If something is a comedy for the sake of just comedy's sake and it doesn't have a good message, I don't have…

— Danielle Fishel

Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power.

— Judy Gold

“Her dad turned to me. "You. Follow Me." "Woof," I said.”

— Jennifer Echols

Everyone forgets that what's fun about a romantic comedy is how these two people are going to fight with each other and…

— Nicholas Stoller

I get all of my comedy from CNN.

— Rob Corddry

“Misery comes to miser; joy comes to wiser. (A Very Hot Cup of Tea, Empathy) Juvenile invites, youth tries, adult applies, and…

— D.R. Mirror

It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

— Andrew Scott

We have little bits of comedy throughout our films but this is like a full-on comedy. I had great time. It was…

— Alex Kendrick

The Goons were always one of our favourites; we always felt we were in that tradition - Goons, Monty Python, Peter Cook,…

— Noel Fielding

With female-oriented movies, unless it's something like 'Bridesmaids' or a romantic comedy, you've got to really worry about your opening weekend. And…

— Callie Khouri

Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself.

— Norman Chad

Like in comedy, you know the names of the people who steal things that others work really hard on. It really sucks.…

— David Copperfield

Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms…

— Janeane Garofalo

I support the homies, like Mike Jay and Hannibal Buress. And I listen to Comedy Central Radio in the car.

— Kenan Thompson

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will…

— Fede Alvarez

There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy…

— John Mulaney

Comedy can be very freeing. Laughter truly is the best medicine.

— Christina Applegate

When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.

— Elaine Stritch

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

— James L. Brooks

We're having so much writing some of the sillier stuff that never would have been on Mr. Show. And that's not a…

— B. J. Porter

It never really occurs to me that I'm doing cringe comedy. It's something that people tell me afterwards, and I say, 'Again?…

— Stephen Merchant

I started in comedy when I was a kid, doing impressions for family members. Comedy was the way to engage people.

— Harris Dickinson

We need more intellect and humor back on television, instead of the lowest common denominator of comedy - like the fart joke!

— Eddie Griffin

You can bring truth to anything, whether it's a dance movie or an incredibly poignant indie drama or a really broad comedy.…

— Josh Peck

Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48.…

— Ricky Gervais

The charming sitcom is all very well, but good comedy is based on pain and danger and fear.

— Prunella Scales

My theory about comedians is that their greatest fear is other people laughing at them. So comedy is an attempt to control…

— Ben Miller

I always find that people who have strong comedy chops have untapped drama chops.

— Myha'la

There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of…

— James Wolk