Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love. — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Comedy, I figured, was the thing that came to me the most easily. Playing the trumpet and piano took practice. I thought… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Comedy can be quite all consuming at times, and if you're not careful you end up doing a tour, then a DVD,… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before.… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I guess I still feel that I'm a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could… — Larry David Copy Share Image
I've told Michael Jackson jokes. If you got really technical, you could say those are jokes about child molestation. You could, if… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
When I say something funny, I don’t laugh, so my friends are always like, ‘Hahahahaaaa!’ so people know. When I’m not with… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I had developed a survival skill of using my wit to score for myself. If a scene was dying, I'd lob in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I always have the same thing - which is the fear of not getting a laugh - that I've had from the… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
“What's happened is somewhere, along the line, as a society, we confused the notion of 'home' with the possibility of 'an investment… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
