“The saddest task for the ironist is having to tell the listener that it's a joke, because of course it is never… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
“Even Felicity can't keep from sputtering with laughter. I wish I could use my evil eye. Or at least my evil boot… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
I can't stay mad at Pope Frank. I just can't. It's a funny situation that I like the pope and Mel Gibson… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'? — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
I have to say, the other day I was reading some negative comments, and I was thinking they were really funny. So… — Kate Upton Copy Share Image
Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy.… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity. And I think that's the reason my act has become… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I put the storyboard down and came back to it like two weeks later and saw that I had written 'Butt-Head' next… — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
I really gravitate to the comedy of tonal contrasts. I hope that doesn't sound insufferably pretentious. What I mean is people having… — Matt Nix Copy Share Image
“I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin'… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
There was a stage in my career, especially with standup, where I felt, because I didn't know why I was doing well,… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
I don't always see humor in things. Especially when I smash my pinky toe into a coffee table leg in the middle… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
“Ichirou: And I went through all the trouble preparing to explode with laughter...That wasn't funny at all!” — Kou Matsuzuki Copy Share Image
You have to laugh at things in order to let them be what they truly are. Because nothing is only sad. Nothing… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I don't really feel like I'm doing comedy, per say. I play off of guys a certain way but I don't really… — Christopher Daniels Copy Share Image
In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one… — James Bobin Copy Share Image
I never used to be as good, you get better. I've just gotten better and quicker at figuring out the joke. — Gerry Dee Copy Share Image
Whoever said having children makes a comedian safer and less dark is an idiot. Having a baby has filled my whole life… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
“Laughter with those that understand us is music for the soul. A hug at the right moment and a kind shoulder to… — Mimi Novic Copy Share Image
Any standup that you see who you go, 'Oh, wow, that guy's, you know, that guy's making it.' Inevitably, they've been doing… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
Having done stand-up on television and in stand-up specials for like Comedy Central, you learn quickly that for that type of performance… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
“I never cared so much about making perfect sense. I wanted to make perfect nonsense. I wanted to tell jokes, but I… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
For many comedians, two common anxiety triggers include performing in front of family members and doing brand new material. — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
We're a comedy site and have made fun of every single race, religion, creed and gender. We've made fun of it equally. — Dave Portnoy Copy Share Image
I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies… — Mackenzie Crook Copy Share Image
I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take… — John Howard Copy Share Image
I had a moment where I was onstage once... As a comedian, you just think, 'Be funny as possible all the time… — Whitney Cummings Copy Share Image
Firstly, I will never leave comedy because I love doing it. Secondly, it's the genre that has given me acceptance and immense… — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
A part of me wants to rely less and less on comedic visuals and make more substantial standalone music. And get a… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
“I am in a ridiculous humour,' quoth Eugene; 'I am a ridiculous fellow. Everything is ridiculous. Come along!” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I - at the table reads, I break constantly. If something is up there that I'm not expecting, I tend to -… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth. — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them." Robert… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
What you don't think when you sit down to write a show is, 'How can I be shocking?' That question isn't interesting,… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
