My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann.… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and… — Jake M. Johnson Copy Share Image
One's dream is constantly evolving, rising and falling, changing course. This happens in every job, but because I have worked in comedy… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
If all you have is satire, your show will close. Even if all you have is comedy, your show will close. The… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I can work every day of the year. TV is easy. My call's at 8:30 a.m. I'd like to break out of… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked… — Dat Phan Copy Share Image
You can tell on-stage when a joke's starting to lose its pop. It doesn't mean people don't want to hear it anymore;… — Ron White Copy Share Image
When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
Scientists may be in the business of laughing at their predecessors, but owing to an array of human mental dispositions, few realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Cheers,' even 'MASH,' they're full of broad… — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
“But you can't feel bad every second, I wanted to tell her. Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
I rejected the word humorist for a long time because I thought that it meant you had, like, a cardigan sweater with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
“But a system made secure by the protective plating of humor and pretense always runs the risk of having its protection get… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
“I almost congratulate myself that I can at least laugh at my own foibles and enjoy the joke, just as I cannot… — Wallace E. Baker Copy Share Image
When a joke works, it works. It can make a point in a really simple way; it can be a great little… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively.… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
“The Joke...Audience as reflexive cast; 35 mm. X2 cameras;variable length; black and white, silent. Parody of Hollis Frampton’s ‘audience-specific events,’ two Ikegami… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot."… — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
It started when I did a 20-minute act in the comedy clubs and only had enough material for 17 minutes, so I… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
Someone's killed 100,000 people. We're almost going, "Well done! You killed 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning!… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
I can do jokes sometimes where I feel like I'm being mean to a person - it's not like they're there -… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities.… — Aimee Garcia Copy Share Image
There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
I feel like women in comedy have staked out space for themselves and circled the wagons in this inspiring way to say… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
