Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I like birthdays because we celebrate life with cakes. It's so cool. Sometimes when I see a baby, I'm like that much… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I know how to make an audience laugh, 'cause I grew up on Third Rock from the Sun, week after week in… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I don't know what the next frontier is, but good comedy should put its toe into taboo waters. You have to transgress… — John Cho Copy Share Image
“A game?’ Rob spluttered. ‘A bloody game?’ He turned to face his father. ‘This is your bloody fault! I’m living your bloody… — Dougie Brimson Copy Share Image
It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and was the family comedy king through the '80s and '90s -… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review.… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
I love 'Another Round.' It's Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton's podcast that's through BuzzFeed, and they're real funny and really themselves. And… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes ofa continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're a content creator looking to elicit a certain emotion, we can validate that. In cases where an ad is trying… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me. I don't understand the connection to any reality... Like in… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually… — Frank Muir Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of French comedy. The French play comedy in a slightly different way than we do: they play it… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I've always felt, and I think I've been pigeonholed by the media, as being a very separate voice to the rest of… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You… — Michelle Buteau Copy Share Image
“sometimes my laugh in front of others becomes unnaturally loud, like something in my brain tripped over a volume cord” — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
We always say in the Obama world, in the toughest times, you can laugh or you can cry, so you might as… — Daniel Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about… — Keenen Ivory Wayans Copy Share Image
Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I don't understand why there is such a trend now for comedy to be cruel. Once you're cruel, you're not a comedian… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
We tend to associate humor with lightheartedness, but really, it's a rhetorical mode than can be applied to any subject. It was… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
The interesting trick of comedy, in a lot of ways, is to have both the comedy and the grounding of the real… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
“There's no good reason to change a Neil Simon line. The day that I'm funnier than Neil Simon, Hell will be a… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle. — Jack Whitehall Copy Share Image
When you see Charlie Chaplin, he stays funny. He doesn't become drama, and so what really seems to endure is comedy. — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing.… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
I'm trying to, with my stand-up and with the podcast, give people these little stupid things to give them happiness. I know… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get… — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
One thing helps the other. My stand-up helps my writing; my writing helps my stand-up; my stand-up helps my acting. They're all… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
