Comedy Quotes · Page 165

When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians.

— Robert Klein

In comedy, it's not the glamorous, beautiful people that are great at comedy. They're either every man or every woman, they're either…

— Rebel Wilson

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.

— Mark Addy

Comedy is easy. You have to react to what others are saying and it is all about the timing, the dialogue delivery.

— Neha Dhupia

I'm Here All Weak might be the strangest comedy album I have ever heard. But I've listened twice, which is more than…

— Tom Scharpling

Stand up comedy is an odd way to make a living, one that is regularly tinged with both triumph and despair.

— Paul Sinha

The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the…

— Bob Newhart

Everybody in comedy has something like that happen to them: They bomb, or no one shows up. You're like, 'Hey, I'm funny,…

— Thomas Middleditch

Comedy is a funny business, which you have to take seriously.

— David Jason

Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is…

— Nina Conti

The highest of highs is to have a new routine that you're just breaking in and that's working, and that's - you're…

— Bob Newhart

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

— Alan Arkin

Obviously, my stuff has been more in the comedy realm, and I really believe that if I'm laughing behind the camera, then…

— Will Packer

I always told my parents, 'Just give me till I'm 27 to do comedy, to make it'.

— Nikki Glaser

When I dropped out [from a law school], everybody was disappointed... But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because…

— Demetri Martin

Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a…

— Jordan Peele

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Here's a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts - she would…

— David Letterman

There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way…

— Limmy

Comedy Central is what these young people are viewing. The network speaks to their audience, which is saying, 'Give me fast jokes.…

— Bill Cosby

The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the…

— Vissarion Belinsky

At its best, alt comedy can be challenging, surprising, and innovative. And at its worst, alt comics think that being awkward.com/FAQS is…

— Phoebe Robinson

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

— Jeannette Walls

“So, what you’re basically telling me is death is boring but no worse than hanging out with family.”

— John Zakour

Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

— Jim Gaffigan

There's always something interesting about comedy teams that have the exact same energy. The one time I really noticed that was Will…

— Scott Aukerman

I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions.

— Adam McKay

“Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out here on the…

— Jennifer Echols

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several…

— LeRoy Neiman

I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.

— Brett Gelman

I don't understand why there is such a trend now for comedy to be cruel. Once you're cruel, you're not a comedian…

— Omid Djalili

I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'

— Bill Hader

Good comedy is ageless.

— Ted Levine

I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see…

— Drew Carey

It was sort of the first movie [The Specials ] where I really got to let my comedy freak flag fly. And…

— Rob Lowe

You can tell a lot about a man from his hands. If they don't have any scars or calluses on them, you…

— Ellen Hollman

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

— Bob Newhart

My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character…

— Rob Lowe

'The Cosby Show' made an impact on comedy, television and culture. We rejected lowering the bar.

— Bill Cosby

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have…

— Gilbert Gottfried