Comedy Quotes · Page 3

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to…

— Rashida Jones

I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.

— Faith Prince

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

— Mark Wahlberg

I love comedy; I'm super passionate about it, and thank God it's super in right now to have female empowered comedies.

— Dreama Walker

I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known…

— Tamsin Egerton

Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able…

— Maz Jobrani

Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama, and…

— Tatiana Maslany

At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone…

— Kate Micucci

I'm drawn to the funny brand of comedy.

— Kaitlin Olson

I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.

— Bo Burnham

I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.

— Adam McKay

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was…

— Mike Birbiglia

Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?

— Lena Dunham

I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors. He's done a…

— Brian Bonsall

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is…

— Carly Craig

I am actually working on The Neighbors sitcom. We are starting from scratch. I am also working on a comedy movie and…

— Tommy Wiseau

My two souls, the socially conscious one and the lighthearted one, are always in my movies because they find a perfect habitat…

— Lina Wertmuller

I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind…

— Jim Gaffigan

I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.

— Bill Hicks

People can see that we are part of a tradition of absurd comedy, stretching from Spike Milligan and Peter Cook through to…

— Julian Barratt

I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all…

— Lucas Hedges

I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.

— Sam Raimi

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin,…

— Mike Nichols

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.

— Bill Cosby

About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall…

— Klaus Kinski