Comedy Quotes · Page 183

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried…

— John Cleese

Fleabag' is its own genre. It isn't comedy. It isn't drama. It isn't even tragi-comedy.

— Sian Clifford

I have always been down to test what I can do and push the limits of my acting. I have always wanted…

— Devon Bostick

Comedy is like music; it builds on itself. Once someone comes up with a theory or a different way of doing things,…

— Doug Stanhope

It's best, I think, to treat stand-up comedy on the telly like tapas: small tasters of something you'd love a proper plate…

— Sarah Millican

Man, Amy Ryan. I have geeked out so hard for her - to her face! There aren't a lot of people that…

— Abbi Jacobson

My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and…

— Anonymous

When I was eight, I would watch 'Friends' religiously. I had the entire DVD set. That was my whole view of America.…

— Geraldine Viswanathan

There are shows that are doing incredible work on broadcast, especially in comedy. You have to hit that sweet spot of being…

— Quinta Brunson

When you watch a comedy special, you see the glitz and glamour. But what you don't see is when it doesn't work…

— Deon Cole

One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.

— Jason Segel

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I…

— Brandy Norwood

What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that…

— Mel Brooks

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star…

— Rob Lowe

“Detective Inspector Eccles sighed. He may ordinarily have met his sigh with the question of why the newly appointed Superintendent Dickinson was…

— Tom Conrad

I like to mix it up, yeah. I don't sort of think, 'Oh, I need to do a comedy, I've done three…

— Emily Mortimer

There's a fine line between comedy and the darkest place ever.

— Meg Myers

I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.

— Carol Kane

My mom, she's like Why can't you just do a nice romantic comedy like Jennifer Love Hewitt? And I'm like: Mom, look…

— Norman Reedus

Comedy is like magic. If you don't see where the trick is going, it's entertaining.

— Deon Cole

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked…

— Stephen Baldwin

I don't think I could ever stop doing serious movies and just do comedies, or vice versa, but there is something cool…

— John C. Reilly

Comedy is a cool thing, because, at least in my experience, if you're good at it and people know, they'll find out…

— Lolly Adefope

I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics…

— Anonymous

I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A…

— Chris Rock

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

— Ray Stevens

There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time.

— Sandra Bullock

If you're not doing something or saying something in comedy, the camera is going to go somewhere else.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I can't cook. I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

— Carol Siskind

I love romantic comedies. I know how terrible they are, but I love them! And I don't think that makes me less…

— Roxane Gay

There's so many variables in comedy. Comedy is not this thing that's a performance like a play. It's really an interaction with…

— B. J. Porter

Kathy Burke has been a real inspiration. I think she's brilliant. I like the fact she doesn't care what she looks like…

— Sheridan Smith

There's only one podcast subject that can give Donald Trump a run for his money when it comes to vulgarity, excess, and…

— David Hepworth

Thank you for listening to Comedy Bang Bang! My name is Scott Aukerman and I will see you next week.

— Scott Aukerman

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.

— Sandra Bullock

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

— Louis C. K

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

— John Guare

I really like just super dry comedy.

— Zach Braff

I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of…

— Kate McKinnon

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death

— John Oliver