Comedy Quotes · Page 227

I'm actually not funny, I'm just mean, but people always think I'm joking...

— Rohit Padhra

Suppose I could shoot myself in the mouth, but what if I miss? People will laugh at me.

— George Carlin

I loved women who weren't afraid to get ugly in their comedy.

— Natasha Rothwell

Life is tough, and if we don't laugh, we're going to - our head will explode.

— Jeff Ross

I think laughter comes because things are hardly working.

— Jean-Luc Godard

People say laughter is the best medicine. Your face must be curing the world.

— Hussein Nishah

When I do theatre in New York, I typically only get cast in comedy.

— Lauren Ashley Carter

Humor and comedy have always been the best way to deal with real life issues and just reality.

— Jermaine Fowler

Whereas acting, you have to wait for someone else to give you the opportunity to do it, in comedy, you can just…

— Lolly Adefope

The analysis of laughter had opened to me points of contact between the fundamentals of a communal and disciplined emotional knowledge and…

— Georges Bataille

“He began to understand suddenly what friends were for: they reminded you that things weren't so bad after all. Reminded you never…

— S.J. Kincaid

Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a…

— Charles Dickens

Have you seen the film Histoires D'Amérique? It's also a mixture of humor and monologue, and it shows how the Jewish humor…

— Chantal Akerman

People wouldn't hire me for comedies. They would say, 'Oh, he doesn't do comedy,' and now it's really all I do.

— Kevin Dillon

I think we must be very careful not to make our daughters despise men. For example, there is too much comedy around…

— Maureen Lipman

I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them.

— Richard Herring

I was just trying to blend the standup that I do almost with like the visual sketch stuff that I did on…

— John Mulaney

I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your friends and whatever, it's…

— Seth Gordon

“THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused that he was being told off by a statue. "What…

— Rick Riordan

That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed…

— Zach Galifianakis

“Which made me laugh, of course. If you ever want to get truly hysterical, just get really, really scared, and then have…

— Kristen D. Randle

The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't…

— Chris Pratt

“The land, now, well I'll tell you how I feel about that. It's done a good job, as good as it was…

— Jim Thompson

I feel like with comedy, the crazy things that happen are never serious you know? Like, rubble being poured onto you in…

— Vanessa Hudgens

What I've created comedically owes a lot to my ignorance of comedy and love of making theatre stuff.

— Tim Minchin

“Because laughs never die away entirely,” said Jamie. “At least, if you believe in Marconi.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny.

— Anthony Jeselnik

We've shared many smiles and many tears, but nothing beats the laughter.

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As a comedian, part of what's so gratifying for me is hearing people laugh.

— Ego Nwodim

Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.

— Michelangelo

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

— Art Buchwald

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

— Marlo Thomas

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

— Colin Quinn

We all need a laugh and I guess you're just the one.

— Rod Stewart

Open mics are a great way to rework your material to see what punchlines land best.

— Sarah Cooper

There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.

— Adam McKay

The nice thing is to make an audience laugh and laugh and laugh and shudder later.

— Elaine May

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

— James Lipton

What's the trick to writing a genuinely funny comedy? The trick is therapy. Take notes.

— Lake Bell

Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.

— Bob Hope