Comedy Quotes · Page 148

Comedy has always been more challenging for me than drama.

— Kelli Berglund

If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.

— John le Carre

What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.

— Buster Keaton

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

— Martin Parr

Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

— Maya Angelou

I didn't have a plan B. I didn't have anywhere else to turn but comedy, so I had to stick with it.

— Esther Povitsky

I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.

— Jenny Eclair

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.

— Alan Moore

I do love comedy, I have to say. That's one of the greatest things about being an actor: You get to try…

— Stuart Townsend

People that want it to just be funny should not despair, because there is so much true crazy comedy coming up.

— Mary Steenburgen

In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same…

— David Steinberg

The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right…

— Chris Rock

Vellimoonga' has been a game-changer and I have handled comedy in almost all the films I did after that.

— Biju Menon

Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.

— Betty White

If laughter is the best medicine, I promise to continue to make you laugh as my wife and I work together with…

— George Lopez

There's a lot of open mics, a lot of comedy clubs. Whatever money I could make was OK with me. As long…

— Jo Koy

I feel the freedom of being able to find comedy in the darkest moments because it makes it way more interesting, I…

— Kevin Durand

“Through comedy, we can touch core societal beliefs and transform them completely. I believe we can get to the truth of some…

— Catherine Chen

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces.…

— Matt McGorry

Comedy can be more difficult than drama. It requires more attention to timing. In the theater, you're always dependent on the audience…

— David Alan Basche

Different scenes call for different acting styles. The kinds of scenes I like most are the ones where you just bury yourself…

— Will Forte

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

For me, it's nice to have a character who can never find love and have that be the running theme, but I…

— Jordana Spiro

You can't worry too much about what you think the audience wants to hear. You just have to hope that you're a…

— Jim Jefferies

It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.

— Ronnie Corbett

The women who line up at a comic's dressing-room door are not what you'd call your class groupies.

— George Carlin

I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.

— Demetri Martin

The things I talk about in my comedy are my experiences. I just do what I know.

— Bill Bellamy

A person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

— Bennett Cerf

There are so many stars who are very good at comedy acts.

— Suraj Venjaramood

When we started out, there weren't that many women in team sketch shows.

— Paul Whitehouse

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

— Lawrence Durrell

“When life throws shit at you, grow great, big, fuck off roses.”

— Heather Hill

Laugh at sorrow, it fades away, but do not laugh too hard lest sorrow stay to party.

— Trinity Chasara

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

— David Sedaris

When you haven't got a job, a joke is about the only thing that's free.

— Simon Beaufoy

If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.

— Ron White

I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me.

— Ruth Buzzi

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

— Golda Meir

I found out if you're a funny guy, a lot of people like you.

— Brad Williams