I love doing stand-up, and the more you do outside of stand-up to raise your profile, the better your stand-up becomes in… — Erik Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there.… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
It's quite frightening; the business of trying to be funny is very hairy. In comedy, the potential for humiliation is huge. Trying… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it… — Maggie Carey Copy Share Image
Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh,… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
Sex is a very narrow avenue. You only have so many holes and parts, and eventually, you run out of things to… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
One thing I found very interesting about comedians around the world was their knowledge of stuff outside of their own culture and… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to go see a comedian if he was using the same jokes. So I'm not going out there trying… — Matt Sydal Copy Share Image
I'd love to do comedy. I'd probably have to get my laughing fits in check, because generally if I've done comedy, I'm… — Nathalie Emmanuel Copy Share Image
For people who have done comedy after a certain point in time, I think there's a base level of, 'O.K., I think… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
“He had a curiously stunted sense of humor and loved practical jokes that veered dangerously close to cruelty. Once on a hot… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Gallows humor is part of our coping mechanism. It's part of our grief process. If we don't know what else to do,… — James Roday Copy Share Image
I have dabbled with action, romance, dance, emotion and comedy. I think I've done well in all. It's important to keep doing… — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
My roommate says, "I'm going to take a shower and shave. Does anyone need to use the bathroom?" It's like some weird… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
“4. Ditties of Life – 4.39 HUMANITY & DIVINITY When you lose reasoning you forget humanity, When you forget laughter you lose Divinity. [222] – 4” — Munindra (Munnan) Misra Copy Share Image
I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From morning to night he's so joyous and… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
“[The cats] scamper in front of my legs, causing me to fall and face plant into whatever furniture is closest. They especially… — Weston Locher Copy Share Image
I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
There's so much I want to do. I love emotions, I love drama, I love comedy and I also want to take… — Gina Carano Copy Share Image
“[...]or at work when i half-jokingly overshare thoughts about loneliness then laugh to show everyone 'it's okay, really, look how well-adjusted i… — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Talking to stupid people is a lot like playing with a slinky. You might get a little frustrated at first, but you… — Christopher Abraham Copy Share Image
“I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have a pretty good sense of comic thing, so I'd really like to… — Emily Perkins Copy Share Image
One day in the shower, you figure it out. It's a special day in a man's life. I was like, 'Oh, I… — Adam Ferrara Copy Share Image
The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
You can't laugh at the same joke again and again, but why do you keep crying over the same thing over and… — Zhat Copy Share Image
My family is all obsessed with comedy. I grew up watching a lot of comedy in the house. I used to watch… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in… — Jean-Claude Van Damme Copy Share Image
Always warm up the audience with a joke…If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
It's our hope that MySpace Comedy, much like Music and Film before it, will serve as a launch pad for up-and-coming comedians… — Tom Anderson Copy Share Image
My girlfriend bought a cook book the other day called 'Cheap and easy vegetarian cooking'. Which is perfect for her, because not… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
“In certain circumstances, basically shit ones, it’s fight or flight. With Tommy it’s always fright and flight.” — Terry Murphy Copy Share Image