Comedy Quotes · Page 199

Pain is deeper than all thought; laughter is higher than all pain.

— Elbert Hubbard

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

— Annie Leibovitz

I always told my parents, 'Just give me till I'm 27 to do comedy, to make it'.

— Nikki Glaser

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

In comedy, if you don't have the right tuning with your co-actor, the humour can fall flat.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.

— Flip Wilson

“Then we quit jokeing and he says You have improved a hole lot”

— Ring Lardner

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.

— Katy Perry

You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and…

— John Lloyd

Writing a whole series was a crash course in screenwriting, which is a very different muscle to standup comedy writing.

— Ronny Chieng

You gotta have fun with a song, make somebody laugh. You gotta have character. A hard punchline can make you laugh, but…

— Takeoff

“I look around at everybody laughing and joking together and struggle to understand my life has become a living hell that nobody…

— B.A. Paris

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in…

— Charles Dickens

I remember 'The Cosby Show,' but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of…

— Corey Hawkins

Like Dilip Kumar, I've never run after money but only after good roles and that's why have always rebelled against those directors…

— Asrani

I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine…

— Jimmy Carr

I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids…

— Mindy Kaling

I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or…

— Ricky Gervais

I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me...…

— Jason Reitman

I paid attention to not being a comedian, and just concentrated on being who I was. That is what you have to…

— Rita Rudner

I couldn't write a happy movie or romantic comedy to save my life. Yes, Noel Coward's an idol, but his plays are…

— John Logan

I was doing this really wacky sketch comedy but at the same time writing these dark, cerebral plays about characters coming to…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

'Scary Movie' was a different type of comedy than I'm used to. I've mostly done sitcoms, so working with David Zucker, who…

— Ashley Tisdale

“I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive,…

— Veronica Roth

I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

— Patti LuPone

“If we are to become friends I must laugh the way I really do, LOL is not my thing.”

— Gabbo De La Parra

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

— Jamie Hewlett

I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.

— Scott Raab

The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.

— John Krasinski

In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set.

— Chris O'Dowd

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

— Jackie Chan

I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.

— Johnny Carson

The deeper the pit, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it.

— Jim Norton

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at…

— Abby Elliott

“Good sex and good humour have one important thing in common: good timing”

— Alan Daniels

Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

— Anonymous

I started as a stand-up comedian at charity shows in Mumbai.

— Johnny Lever

It is amazing that I'm making a career out of comedy, my family can't quite believe it.

— Joe Lycett

If there is a chance to do so, I want to work with Stephen Chow in a romantic comedy film.

— Gong Hyo-jin

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

— John Waters