Comedy Quotes · Page 305

I think comedy's often the little and the large, isn't it?

— Eric Idle

Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.

— David R. Ellis

Big studio comedies are such a headache.

— Penelope Spheeris

I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques.…

— Miranda Hart

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions

— Bill Hicks

People are too afraid of uptown. A lot of people will tell you, like, "Don't go to Harlem. You can never go…

— Louis C. K

I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we?…

— Martin McDonagh

I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an…

— Taran Killam

'All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy…

— Tony Rock

Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to…

— Chris Albrecht

I had seen some shows at the Groundlings [legendary L.A. improvisational and sketch comedy troupe] and thought, "If I could ever do…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I've had a wonderful time in 'Foyle's War' and I don't mind being typecast. But I'm not prim. I'm chaotic, happy, and…

— Honeysuckle Weeks

Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.

— Edmund Gwenn

Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience…

— Vir Das

Spies have the same kinds of needs and desires that everybody does, which is funny. The best kind of comedy derives from…

— Matt Nix

It's so hard to make a comedy pilot and have a cool idea.

— David Walton

I'd like to do a romantic comedy like 'Notting Hill,' which is one of my favorite movies.

— Rutina Wesley

If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me.

— Tommy James

I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the…

— Tony Robinson

I recommend anyone who wants to pursue comedy to go to The Groundlings.

— Mikey Day

I've never laughed a woman into bed, but I've laughed one out of bed many times.

— Jack Whitehall

If I had my choice in life I would have had the gifts of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill. Unfortunately my gifts…

— Woody Allen

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them.…

— Moon Bloodgood

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

— Marcus Brigstocke