Comedy Quotes · Page 239

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

— Dawn French

“Good tragedies always have a little humour. - Wilhelm Barli”

— Jo Nesbø

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

— Agnes Repplier

I don't really care for, like, fat jokes about women, specifically.

— Sarah Silverman

You can make the audience laugh, be funny and sad at the same time.

— Molly Shannon

I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.

— Malin Akerman

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

— Richard Pryor

“you're a mess now, but you'll be laughing about it in fifty years.”

— Jim Dodge

I just happen to be a sucker for humor. So anywhere I can sneak in something that I find potentially interesting or…

— Johnny Depp

It often seems that, for whatever strange reasons, comedians, in addition to their formal performances, have more comic experiences in real life…

— Steve Allen

I'm The Kind Of Girl That Will Burst Out Laughing In Complete Silence About Something That Happened Yesterday ... LOL

— I :P

“Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.”

— Joseph Roth

I grew up listening to Steve Martin and Robin Williams, so I didn't ever intend to be a musical comedian. I sort…

— Bo Burnham

No, broadly speaking there is no average age in comedy, which is very refreshing. Any stress over success vis-a-vis age in comedy…

— Bowen Yang

“He who understands philosophy understands laughter. That mysterious Word at the beginning, mentioned in the Bible, is a divine guffaw.”

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

I absolutely love doing comedy, however, of course as an actor, I would love the opportunity to do more dramatic roles.

— David Faustino

Whatever it is probably won't go away, so we might as well live and laugh through it. When we double over laughing,…

— Barbara Johnson

“Practical jokes are a demonstration that the distinction between seriousness and play is not a law of nature but a social convention…

— W.H. Auden

To laugh at others is egoistic; to laugh at oneself is very humble. Learn to laugh at yourself - about your seriousness…

— Rajneesh

I'm trained as an actor for the stage - classically trained, believe it or not - and I worked closely with Stella…

— Michael Richards

I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old…

— Matt Lucas

The personal boundaries, I think for comedians they're a little bit different anyway, but I think people - feel free to do…

— Brad Williams

I love the idea of doing comedy, whether it's action comedy or just straight comedy. It's such a big, new world for…

— Zoe Bell

I wasn't very good in my serious acting class. Sometimes people took our class so seriously, so I used to, sort of,…

— Jennifer Coolidge

I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

— Tommy Lee Jones

To deliver something deadpan is very difficult; I don't think people know how hard those jokes are.

— Michael Che

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it - Charlie Chaplin

— Charlie Chaplin

“I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks!” -Totie Fields-”

— David DeBacco

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

— Gail Parent

“What is laughter, after all, but a scream turned backward?”

— Maria Rachel Hooley

Jerry Bruckheimer creates comedy, he just doesn't realize because he's a turd.

— Trey Parker

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

— Anonymous

To me, horror and comedy never work. Never worked for me, anyway.

— Rob Zombie

I always joke deep down I'm really a teenage girl on the inside.

— John Searles

People like me doing comedy, especially after 'Khatron Ke Khiladi,' where they got a glimpse.

— Sana Khan

The chuckle is a perfectly acceptable form of laughter.

— Timothy Hallinan

When you're doing standup you're kind of doing, "Hey. I thought of this. This may be funny.

— Zach Galifianakis

As a comedian, you have to say something that people relate to, or nobody laughs.

— John Bishop

Apparently, if you laugh for 24 hours straight you get a six-pack. New life goal? I think so.

— Anonymous

“Humorous people are often privately struggling with depression.”

— Steven Magee