Comedy Quotes · Page 94

If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and…

— George Steiner

Na, whose this is?

— Cheech Marin

'Kya Supercool'... is a mad comedy that sees me in a crazy role. I am thrilled with my role and the way…

— Neha Sharma

I want to recriminalise homosexuality, so i can feel dirty when i do it.

— Jack Handey

My comedy is not like the tightest thing in the world. There are punchlines, there are jokes, but it's like, I like…

— Tim Dillon

My first time on stage was the class "graduation" at the Comedy Store. It was awesome. Everything got huge laughs and I…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film,…

— Geoff Stults

People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!'…

— Ray Liotta

Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change…

— Gene Siskel

I love doing comedy. I did comedy for seven years on 'The King of Queens.

— Lou Ferrigno

I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done…

— Edward James Olmos

Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like...…

— Martin Short

Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert…

— Mike Birbiglia

We had 1 book, the phone book, I've read it, it wasn't a great read, lots of characters, and on the end…

— Stephen K. Amos

That is what I got into comedy for, to be able to challenge myself and just grow as a comedian and find…

— Jaboukie Young-White

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

— Jonah Hill

When I watch comedy I love to see that pleasure in the performer's eye and that sense of cheek - and even…

— Mathew Baynton

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

— Lynda Barry

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the…

— Anne Dudley

I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I…

— Scott Adsit

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

— Vanna Bonta

“Recent studies have shown that approximately 40% of authors are manic depressive. The rest of us just drink.”

— Melodie Campbell

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

— Cary Grant

If your timing is not correct then comedy will become tragedy.

— Rajpal Yadav

I think people are purists about what sketch comedy should be, and I think sometimes having too much fun can be a…

— Horatio Sanz

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes…

— Austin Peck

Germans try to categorize films: in a comedy, you just laugh and in a drama, you're not allowed to laugh. I don't…

— Fatih Ak?n

'Writing' always means 'not writing' to me because I will do anything to put it off. I think this is mainly because…

— Catherine Tate

One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love…

— Michael Shannon

“[T]he definition of 'crazy' in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.”

— Tina Fey

As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy.

— Tig Notaro

I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy…

— Paul Kane

Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.

— Dai Vernon

“THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused that he was being told off by a statue. "What…

— Rick Riordan

I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap…

— Sandra Bullock

“If the weight comes from bacon you can so deduct it off the scale total to get your true weight. #science”

— Michelle M. Pillow

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.

— Ivan Reitman

The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a…

— Mel Brooks

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I…

— Aubrey Plaza

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar