Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played… — Carrot Top Copy Share Image
My brothers and sister and me grew up making fun of each other, the way we'd speak or move. When we get… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance.… — Philip French Copy Share Image
I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about Portlandia - and I'm not just blowing smoke, although I can blow smoke, but I'm not… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
I used to do stand-up, actually. I had a ten-minute routine I did for a thing called 'Stand Up for Labour' where… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention. — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing… — Tony DiSanto Copy Share Image
When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I'm trained as an actor for the stage - classically trained, believe it or not - and I worked closely with Stella… — Michael Richards Copy Share Image
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I don't chalk out my career thinking that I want to first do serious drama, then a comedy or an action. I… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is...… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Slice of life and dramedies are the pieces that I most gravitate toward, because I think that's life - life is not… — Ego Nwodim Copy Share Image
At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous like a… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
