There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I used to binge-eat and make myself throw up. I was a fat kid. Obviously I didn't quite master the bulimia. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The truth is really funny. It's uncomfortable sometimes, it's dramatic sometimes, but it's really funny. Life is funny. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
I really loved working on comedy. Most of my roles have been very dramatic and involved lots of emotional work and crying… — Chloe Noelle Copy Share Image
And you know, whether it's drama or comedy, the best work is based on truth. It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
“We can't know if we laugh at ourselves for being silly or to forget that we're not and that we are still… — Brian McGreevy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as funny. I think of myself as rather grave, actually. And I'm suspicious of fun. I never… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“It is the custom on the stage: in all good, murderous melodramas: to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
“Do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out… — Daoud Hari Copy Share Image
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
I've been doing stand-up 29 years; there is no other career when you're finding your stride 30 years into it. — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Don't get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Spirituality does not have to be serious. You are spirituality. Fun laughter heal you faster than anything. Introduce fun back into your… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Most of what I like doing in performing is connecting with an audience. What's the point of doing standup if you're not… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
I do a lot of laughing at my own self in life, so I think I come at things with a pretty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything Craig Ferguson could say that would make me laugh. Ad-libbing is not the same as entertainment. — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along. — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Jokers are the best in the field of pretending. You will never notice the Pain inside of them, unless their tears have… — Ying Copy Share Image
At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
Ever since the first 'American Pie,' I've always been happy to just have an opportunity, I just didn't think it was going… — Sean William Scott Copy Share Image
I had a show that people thought used a laugh track. It wasn't; it was the real audience going crazy after everything… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
When you're little all the things that are quirky and weird about you and that people laugh at, you find out are… — Macy Gray Copy Share Image
Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
