Comedy Quotes · Page 303

I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

— Zachary Knighton

I'm equally terrified of both comedy and drama. The only thing I'm really comfortable with is action.

— Michael Shannon

A lot of times what's satisfying to me in comedy is when a woman successfully does self-care.

— Jenny Slate

I don't get a chance to be funny on camera as often as I would like.

— William Sadler

I believe that laughter is the best emotional Band-Aid in the world. It's like nature's Neosporin.

— Matt LeBlanc

All comedy shows make me feel better about everything.

— Nish Kumar

I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'

— Bill Hader

After having seen my dad do so much in comedy, I know I have a legacy to live up to.

— Ananya Panday

I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure…

— Judy Greer

I think I used comedy as a mechanism: if I could make the other kids laugh, I wouldn't get beaten up or…

— Paul Rudd

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving,…

— Jackson Browne

You know what make me laugh? Good, clean, honest humor. Not-trying-to-be-funny humor. Like Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell got that kind of humor.

— Redman

The best comedy you can ever have is when you're in the pub with your mates. You can never beat that. That's…

— Lee Mack

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but…

— Phoebe Robinson

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the…

— Denis Leary

It's the comedies and thrillers that are successful. People love horror, but in thrillers. Once you speak of pain and suffering it's…

— Philippe Claudel

One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,'…

— Sally Phillips

By employing a certain sense of humor, you essentially get more serious about things and show conflict more effectively than if you…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

“This brings up yet another, far more important misconception: that being comically generative and having a sense of humor are one and…

— David Rakoff

The comedy community has embraced us, wholeheartedly. People that are more in the public and celebrity, but even stand-ups, sketch people on…

— Sal Vulcano

I remember reading in a comedy book very long ago when I first started, a person said there's a difference between a…

— Baron Vaughn

I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses…

— Penelope Fitzgerald

I really like doing television shows, and I anticipated doing a comedy, because that's the place I feel the most comfortable -…

— Lizzy Caplan

My philosophy is that if you're playing a moment truthfully, that it's a funny moment, then hopefully it will be funny. I…

— Peter Vack

Comedy as dissent or any art form as dissent is going to be our last safety valve.

— Varun Grover

There isn't a lot I can do on this planet, but I can be funny.

— Leslie Jordan

I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians.

— Brad Williams

Laughter is the best medicine and your face is curing the world.

— Brandi Isaacs

To love the right person is a comedy. To love the wrong person is a tragedy.

— Timberlake Wertenbaker

“I start laughing. You have to laugh. Life is just funny sometimes. As long as you remember.”

— E.R. Frank

The two worst enemies of comedy are lack of sleep and not having had a decent meal.

— Bill Bailey

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

— Matthew Perry

I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

— Dave Franco

“Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.

— Charlie Chaplin

Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long.

— Paul Rodriguez

I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.

— Evan Peters

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

— Kate O'Brien

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not…

— Issa Rae

I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.

— Nathan Fillion