Isn’t it wonderful the way the world holds both the deeply serious, and the unexpectedly mirthful? — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Comedy is changing. The appetite for more diverse stories is getting bigger. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
We can find gentle humor in the most terrible circumstances and tenderness in the darkness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Laugh if you will... They laughed at all great ideas and inventions. They laughed at nitrous oxide.” — John Sladek Copy Share Image
“sometimes my laugh in front of others becomes unnaturally loud, like something in my brain tripped over a volume cord” — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
People want their actors to do comedy, too. They don't want any comedians next to the actor. They want one solo hero… — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
So many times I've done a CD, and then the week after I record it, I've got this new tagline that's killer.… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I just love that part of comedy, where you see somebody's jokes develop. They try something new to see what works, and… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are… — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
'Playing House' works because we're being supremely honest to what we think is funny and not what we think other people think… — Lennon Parham Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard… — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
There's a lot more room for error in drama. With comedy, if you mess up, you fall flat on your face. With… — Nikki Cox Copy Share Image
If you're a guy, you have absolutely no idea what's going on at any time in the relationship, ever. Here's what you… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
People who do not have funny in them are not funny when they read funny lines. Sorry. Just doesn't work that way.… — David Dobkin Copy Share Image
The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
As disabled people, we're used to being looked at, being stared at, being the centre of attention. Maybe my love of performing… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
The thing that we like about our show is that it's our take on a kind of format. It's a hidden camera… — Joe Gatto Copy Share Image
“It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views that speech.” — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized. — Larry David Copy Share Image
Within tears, find hidden laughter Seek treasures amid ruins, sincere one. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I make jokes because humor is the greatest healing factor that there is. — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together. — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
If you can understand the humor in the drawing part you'll probably get the humor in the audio part. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy. — Todd Barry Copy Share Image
You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter. — Zero Mostel Copy Share Image
I'm a little funny when it comes to blood and guts and stuff like that. — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I think parenthood is just ripe for comedy. This just happens to be told from the perspective of women. — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
“April Fools Day lets too many people think they are funny and so I don’t support that.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Family jokes, through rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive. — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
