“humor is a spiritual journey to see the world in a unique, amusing way.” — Ed Toolis Copy Share Image
When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
I think the reason I became funny was because if I made people laugh, they would let me keep talking. — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you. — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Comedians can't afford to get too comfortable; we need something to rail against. — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs. — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
The only way it works with my standup is if it comes from a personal place. — Melissa Villasenor Copy Share Image
If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller,… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I'm often confronted with people being like, 'Ahhh, drama is killing comedy.' It's not, it's a different genre. — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
I love drama - I would say more than I even love comedy - but I like in One Mississippi that I… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It's like when you've seen it all and been… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares?… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
I like comedy, but I like comedy as a device in drama. It's more interesting for me to use comedy to seduce… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
I joined a campus competition, as I felt I could do comedy, and I won. Then I started doing standup gigs in… — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I think being an outsider in general always helps you in comedy. I think it helps to have an outsider's eye. And… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell is probably the funniest comic actor, certainly of my generation. I am a huge, huge Will Ferrell fan. I'm not… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
It's the idea that we as people can control our own destinies. The government and the corporations, more even than the government,… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
My husband doesn't have to try to add to my comedy he just does being himself and saying & doing the things… — Heather McDonald Copy Share Image
