Comedy Quotes · Page 228

If I was a very stable person, I would not have to do comedy. Nobody would have to listen to me.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

I never even considered comedy genre as something to embrace or move away from.

— Edward Norton

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

— Charlie Chaplin

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

— Dan Mazer

You know, funny is this weird word for me. I hear is so many times it has no meaning anymore.

— Bruce McCulloch

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

— Seneca the Younger

I think that's very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with [modern]issues.

— Jennifer Lopez

There are a lot of action movies with very little comedy.

— Steve Carr

Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh at some people's immaturity, it just makes you realize how much growing up…

— Nishan Panwar

I hope I don't just do the exact same thing my whole life. I also feel like it's really hard to make…

— David Wain

A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.

— Piero Scaruffi

One of the great things about us Jews is that we tell the best jokes. Part of the reason is we tell…

— Howard Jacobson

You know what my philosophy of life is? That it’s important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little…

— Woody Allen

Humor is not debatable. It's like sex. Either you're aroused or you're not. Nobody can reason you around to their point of…

— Jim Carrey

I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch…

— Kate Bush

In the world of comedy, there's this: "If it's going badly, get off. If it's going well, get off". You can't argue…

— Al Murray

With comedy, it's a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good - it made you laugh, it made people on the…

— Chris Pratt

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or…

— Dane Cook

I primarily have had my career in comedy, and that is something that I have never been too concerned about because I…

— Chris Pratt

After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that…

— Aziz Ansari

The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York,…

— Sarah Silverman

I think people imagine that I have about five scripts sitting in front of me and I say, 'I think I'm going…

— Nathan Fillion

I think of everything as comedy, but I don't think of it in terms of sitcom comedy, I think of it in…

— Jeffrey Tambor

“The girdle went from just under my breasts to the top of my knees. It cinched me in pretty tight. In fact,…

— Mollie Gross

That messed up moment when you laugh at a joke that was about you, but you didn't know.

— Anonymous

“Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.”

— Mensah Oteh

I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.

— Eddie Marsan

The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.

— Edgar Allan Poe

There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful.

— Zendaya Coleman

If we were truly created by God, why do we occasionally bite the insides of our mouths?

— Dara O Briain

If I want to act relaxed, it's going to take all my cunning, skill, and concentration.

— David Mitchell

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor.

— Andy Daly

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

— Sharon Gless

You can never have a thousand percent batting average on jokes - it's just never going to happen.

— Paul Feig

I might've been witty, but I didn't have a shtick. So, I never considered myself a comedian.

— Scott Adsit

“In the laughter of soul, the century-old agony is freed, like petals loosened in spring.”

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

— Judah Friedlander

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

— Brad Garrett

I think through humor you can get a point across better than through just a dramatic narrative.

— Dominique Crenn

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves.

— Eileen Brennan