Comedy Quotes · Page 215

“You haven't lived till you have laughed and made others laugh.”

— Tanushree Podder

The casualness with which people say hello to Julia on the street is hilarious to me.

— Brad Hall

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

— Alison Brie

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

— Lee Mack

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

— Vera Farmiga

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

— Allen Klein

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

— Riz Ahmed

In terms of humor, it's a really powerful coping mechanism, and it gets you through really dark days.

— Eva Victor

I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not…

— Michelle Gomez

I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and…

— Michael Showalter

I always saw myself doing comedy, so when I got the job on 'All My Children' it was not my thing -…

— Chrishell Stause

Stand-up wasn't a calling. It was more like, 'What can I do that isn't going to make me really depressed?'

— Josh Widdicombe

I never go see live comedy shows because I just sit in the audience thinking, "Here's what I would say. Here's what…

— Anthony Jeselnik

“Find Your Funny Bone . . . Life provides plenty of material for things for you to laugh at. Seek irony, coincidence,…

— Susan C. Young

Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are…

— George Mikes

Last night I didn't realize I said "abortion" in my stand up comedy act instead of "circumcision." No wonder I got blank…

— Ben Rosenfield

You're taking big risks doing comedy, because ultimately, you're trying to be funny. If you're not funny, you look like an idiot.…

— Dominic Cooper

I mean we certainly always shoot a lot of extra material, but our goal was to make kind of like a big…

— Nicholas Stoller

“Pamela, I’m in love with you. Yeah, it’s that bad. You’re so beautiful to me. Shut up! Lemme tell you. Let me.…

— Louis C.K

I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to…

— Howard Shore

There's quite an overlap between musicians - especially drummers - who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who…

— David Cross

Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like...…

— Martin Short

The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo:…

— Aleksey Igudesman

For in the end, he was trying to tell us what afflicted the people in 'Brave New World' was not that they…

— Neil Postman

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

— Christopher Guest

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.

— Paul Feig

Stand-up is cool. In stand-up, you get to learn about yourself if you do it from a thoughtful place.

— Ramy Youssef

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions

— Criss Jami

I'm a big fan of comedies and dramas, and I watch tons of movies.

— Clive Owen

It's one thing to make people laugh, but after a certain point, comedy is almost cheap.

— Adam Conover

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

— Dick Gregory

And how can you be happy if you don't laugh or appreciate humor?

— Mary L. Trump

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

— J. Tillman

I can't imagine saying the same joke for three hours. I don't know how that would work.

— Daniela Bobadilla

One of the funniest antidotes of all time...you sit there like you're in a comma.

— Archie Bunker

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

— Ken Kesey

These jokes the world plays, they're not funny at all.

— David Mitchell

I guess my sense of humour leans more towards irony and tongue-in-cheek performance.

— Eliza Scanlen

“Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.”

— Dan Jenkins

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

— Ben Kingsley