A lot of British comedy feels foreign rather than feeling universal. — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
“Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
Comedy is a cruel mistress, especially if you're already seeing a really cruel mistress. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
The two worst enemies of comedy are lack of sleep and not having had a decent meal. — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow people to laugh at… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When I am working, I have a great time. I joke and fool around. All those people who keep a sour face… — Arshad Warsi Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
When I started enjoying the idea of maybe trying to do comedy one day, I really got that routed in my mind… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
If you can get someone to laugh with you, they will be more willing to identify with you, listen to you. It… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
“The yellow eyes had fallen from the tired star. Lorq's face erupted about the scar at some antic from the Mouse that… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed, while the curtains of… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
“The ones who’re so upset about everybody not being the same, about competition, about standards of quality, about art objects having ’auras’… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor,… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a… — Cher Copy Share Image
I would love to do a small indie comedy, like a Wes Anderson movie or, like, an ensemble comedy like 'The Royal… — Jerry Trainor Copy Share Image
“I start laughing. You have to laugh. Life is just funny sometimes. As long as you remember.” — E.R. Frank Copy Share Image
To love the right person is a comedy. To love the wrong person is a tragedy. — Timberlake Wertenbaker Copy Share Image
To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps. — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
“Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh. — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long. — Paul Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump. — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
Nothing breaks my heart like not getting comments on my funny status...women are even better than that. — Thabang Tshabalala Copy Share Image
“A comedian's life is truly a comedy in itself. The majority cannot take themselves seriously.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
I wonder that a soothsayer doesn't laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
