Comedy Quotes · Page 84

It's significant that four out of the five nominated comedies were run by women. That's not by accident. Women are storytellers, too.…

— Sarah Treem

My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'

— Valerie Azlynn

Sometimes I become the comedy jukebox. I read the emails, people give me requests.The shows are just amazing; they're packed with people…

— Pablo Francisco

Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.

— Vanessa Bayer

You believe the world's 12 thousand years old? "That's right." Okay I got one word to ask you, a one word question,…

— Bill Hicks

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

— Alison Brie

I got married. My wife changed her name. I know some women have a problem with that. But I wanted her to…

— Jim Gaffigan

I like doing all different types of comedy - stand-up, sketch, movies, TV. I like to try everything.

— Michael Showalter

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

— Chris Rock

If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either…

— Ray Romano

America is a wonderful country! I mean it! No honest writer would challenge that statement! The human comedy never runs out of…

— Tom Wolfe

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

— Jennifer Coolidge

My first film was a comedy, but after that I went always into more heavier stuff.

— Paul Verhoeven

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

— Jenna Fischer

I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

— Vicki Lawrence

The thing I love about comedy is that it challenges you.

— Lolly Adefope

I was a rapper and did music before comedy. That was my first dream.

— Chris Redd

I look for characters that are fun and that I'm going to have fun playing. By the way, that's whether it's drama,…

— Dwayne Johnson

I don't hold any candle for drama versus comedy.

— Jo Brand

I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The…

— Lena Headey

It's always been a dream of mine to write comedy and be creative.

— Jon Lovett

Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy.

— Mike Birbiglia

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on…

— Robin Williams

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

— Dave Chappelle

He had a defect, which to a comic might be fatal. He wasn't funny.

— Henny Youngman

I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like…

— Peter Billingsley

With comedy, you get an immediate response. I'm the whole kit and the kaboodle. I am the whole thing and can steer…

— Joe Torry

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

— Steve Martin

I'd like to get my own TV show on, whether it's a talk show or a comedy, that I write.

— Jim Norton

Just keep making comedy. Make it all the time whether it's your job or not. Consider it like you are already working…

— Megan Ganz

“COMEDIAN: [...] What is it you do for a living? HECKLER: I mind my own business. COMEDIAN: Self-employed, eh? No really, what…

— J. Ross Clara

“She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she could…

— Grace Willows

I started to realize that comedy is what I really wanted to do, but I didn't want to do stand-up.

— D'Arcy Carden

I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line…

— Jill McCorkle

It is observable that the ladies frequent tragedies more than comedies; the reason may be, that in tragedy their sex is deified…

— Alexander Pope

In comedy, I often see so many weird race jokes, and it's like, there is no racial diversity in your show to…

— Michaela Coel

Once I found out there were places that people went to congregate and that there were schools to practice the craft of…

— Quinta Brunson

I loved comedy, but I never saw myself as a sitcom guy. I envisioned myself doing an hour drama or doing movies.

— Kevin Rahm

I'm a huge romantic comedy fan and have been in this business for 17 years and I think for all 17 I'd…

— Katherine Heigl

One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

— Desi Arnaz