Comedy Quotes · Page 208

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

— Jason Gann

I just love the different rhythm of comedy after having been in a disease-of-the-week kind of show.

— Christina Pickles

This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.

— Waylon Jennings

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

— Jessica Walter

Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

— Jasper Carrott

“The world is in trouble because of a few funny sympathetic philosophers”

— M.F. Moonzajer

As a dancer, I was always the physical comedy girl. I love it so much.

— Anne Fletcher

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

— Anonymous

It's certainly strange to do sketch comedy with cue cards at midnight in a skyscraper as opposed to in a basement with…

— Casey Wilson

I think a good comedian was probably bullied a little bit. Probably felt doughy and oblong and rhombus-shaped and strange and a…

— Pete Holmes

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected…

— Julie Delpy

Although a lot of established comedians had these really well crafted jokes about Al Qaeda and George Bush, I didn't have any…

— Michelle Buteau

Life is too transcendentally humorous for a man not to take it seriously. Compared with it, Death is but a shallow jest.

— William John Locke

I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is…

— Michel Gondry

'White Boy from Sacramento' is just sort of a tongue-in-cheek autobiography. I hoped it came out a little humorous, but it's really…

— Timothy B. Schmit

“I say, you look smashing this evening," Zayne strode over to her, took her arm, and began helping her up the walk,…

— Jen Turano

In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me…

— Christian Bale

Somehow, I landed The Walking Dead and it's great because it stretches and works different muscles for me, and it really lets…

— Steven Yeun

The only Train song I like is the one that I play in my act "Drops Of Jupiter". Sheryl Crow has three…

— Michael Showalter

Some people are brilliant at being comedy actors and if you're a comedian I think there's a perception that, if you're acting…

— John Bishop

Comedians have to entertain the audience within a stipulated time. It is not possible to explain what we intend to convey in…

— Vivek

Everyone who wants to make it in comedy goes to L.A., so a million comedians fight for time on three stages. If…

— Dave Chappelle

I guess as you get older you sort of see the mechanics, even with the best comedians. There's admiration for people I…

— Stephen Merchant

When I started comedy, I was a big Eddie Murphy fan. I thought if you did stand-up, you were supposed to know…

— Lil Rel Howery

Ah, the first rule of public speaking -- always start with a joke.

— Jon Stewart

I don't see the point of doing comedy unless it comes from pain.

— Simon Amstell

“He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.”

— John Powell

I wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't funny enough to do it every night.

— John Popper

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

— David Cross

“What tickles the soul, makes all the world well again”

— Leandra J. Kalsy

I've never sat down and written jokes. I wouldn't know how to.

— Kayvan Novak

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

— Marlon Wayans

I'm just someone who likes making lots of things up and trying to be funny. That's about it.

— Limmy

People really want to laugh, and whatever resonates with them is good.

— Taylor Tomlinson

If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?

— Hermann Goring

I would love to do a comedy, and I think physical comedy is something I probably have a knack on.

— Zoe Bell

“You can't stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.”

— Jay Leno

There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

— Jim Butcher

I love every single genre from documentaries, horror, comedy, drama, '80s, classic, I have it all.

— Lydia Hearst