Comedy Quotes · Page 74

I worked on this Showtime series called 'Beggars and Choosers,' this was like 2000, and Bea Arthur guest-starred on our show. I…

— Sherri Saum

I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate…

— Will Ferrell

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

— Jim Carrey

I started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone.…

— Jim Varney

I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, "My dad can beat up your…

— Bill Hicks

I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

— Sondra Locke

I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.

— Margaret Atwood

Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the…

— Arthur Koestler

I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

— Josh Gondelman

“Private Benjamin lives next door but one to Bob Cryer from The Bill. I once saw him crouching down behind a sycamore…

— St. John Morris

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old…

— Neil Gaiman

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever…

— Curtis Armstrong

Sexcastle is a perfect mix of homage and comedy, action and irony, loving tribute and hilarious send-up of the great, good, and…

— Matt Fraction

You have to be very cautious that you're hitting the right beats and making sure it's funny, but at the same time…

— LeToya Luckett

With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laugh, then you know you're not…

— Brooke Nevin

In a way, comedy is like sex. The more noise you hear, the better you think you're doing.

— Ray Romano

I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each…

— Adam Sandler

A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated.…

— Phoebe Robinson

I am desperate to do a comedy now.

— Tom Hiddleston

Most republicans are against contraception because they don't care about it. You can't get pregnant anally anyway.

— Chelsea Handler

“Don't you remember what your grandfather used to say? That thing about pots and people?" "That pots were like people," Alex replied…

— Julia Wills

“I had never before been a special fan of that great comedian Phyllis Diller, but she utterly won my heart this week…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Come here, let me share a bit of wisdom with you. Have you given much thought to our mortal condition? Probably not.…

— Anne Carson

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

— Jerry Seinfeld

“With right fashion, every female would be a flame.”

— Amit Kalantri

There aren't a lot of roles in comedy for women of a certain age to play, especially with a 22-year-old.

— Eva Gutowski

Since doing comedy, I'm less of a show-off in real life.

— Joe Lycett

Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say,…

— Demetri Martin

If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar…

— Phil LaMarr

Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.

— Rebel Wilson

Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.

— Laurie David

I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

— Bruce Robinson

To have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the…

— Alex O'Loughlin

I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to…

— Charlie Day

In comedy, it's so subjective; there is no right or wrong.

— Nahnatchka Khan

The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But…

— Jenny Slate

I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three…

— Andre Holland

I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

— Zachary Knighton

When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious…

— Ben Stiller

I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where…

— Rosie O'Donnell