Comedy Quotes · Page 292

Comedy is quite hard and it takes like a decade to figure out what kind of comedian you are, so don't quit.

— Rose Matafeo

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

— Susan Sarandon

“Comedy is tragedy standing on its head with its pants down.”

— Chris Crutcher

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh.…

— John C. Reilly

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha…

— Lenny Bruce

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