Comedy Quotes · Page 298

I was trying to be a clinical psychologist for years. But I kept getting stuck in comedy.

— Amy Hoggart

I don't do stand-up anymore. There are no rules in stand-up comedy. Journalists follow plenty of rules.

— Jason Whitlock

I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset…

— Steve Martin

It is amazing that I'm making a career out of comedy, my family can't quite believe it.

— Joe Lycett

I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I…

— Olivia Williams

There's so much you can achieve with a launching pad like stand-up comedy. You can literally go from acting to hosting to…

— Kevin Hart

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett,…

— Bernie Mac

The crooks downtown figured out that comedy is like a hammer. It can put up a barn and it can knock down…

— Lenny Bruce

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

— Nick Kroll

Comedy is helping a lot at the moment. It also seems to be getting under Trump's skin and revealing a lot about…

— Sharon Horgan

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

— Stephen Schneider

I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people.

— Norman Wisdom

I just couldn't do a comedy show about 'The History Of Dinosaurs;' I'd get bored too easily.

— Russell Howard

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the…

— Robert Breault

We've talked about a sitcom and a comedy drama. It's getting the right project and working with the right people.

— Declan Donnelly

I remember doing a lot of comedy. I always loved that feeling when you do something on stage and you can feel…

— Tony Hale

Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, “Maybe it works,” but in comedy, when…

— Jack Nicholson

I just feel like 'Love Island' is like a fantasy TV show. We're showing our, sort of, in my opinion, a comedy…

— Iain Stirling

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

— Peter Mullan

I just like the joyous aspect of playing comedy.

— Andre Braugher

Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don't get…

— Stephen Colbert

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I…

— Will Ferrell

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or…

— Dane Cook

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not…

— Thomas Lennon

I got mugged. And they got my knapsack with my comedy notebook in it. So if anybody see two cholos bombing at…

— Janeane Garofalo