Comedy Quotes · Page 311

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

— David Mitchell

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

— Dara O Briain

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

— Zendaya Coleman

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

— Edgar Allan Poe

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

— Dan Mazer

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Steve Carr

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

— Jennifer Lopez

I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to…

— Scott Bakula

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be…

— Dorothy Parker

When you do comedy shows, you usually don't finish until about 11 P.M. Then you have this adrenaline dump, and you get…

— Ronny Chieng

In another thirty years people will laugh at anyone who tries to invent a language without closures, just as they'll laugh now…

— Mark Jason Dominus

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

— Eben Alexander

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying…

— Amy Schumer

Sometimes, at parties, people demand I tell a joke. It's like pointing a gun at my feet and telling me to dance.

— Celia Rivenbark

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you…

— Ronnie Corbett

I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too…

— Amy Poehler

The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones…

— Jerry Seinfeld

You know, when you do standup there are certain requirements that you have to do like you have to go on stage…

— Larry David

I think there is a weird loneliness that comes with being a comedian. There is something definitely inside the personality of a…

— Chris Gethard

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like…

— Louis C. K

They make three types of movies, and if you don't make one of those three, you have to find independent financing: It's…

— Rob Reiner

I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the…

— Sandra Bernhard

If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or…

— Jonah Goldberg

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

— Seneca the Younger

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

— Bruce McCulloch

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

— Bob Hope

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

— Lake Bell

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

— Edward Norton

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

— Ardal O'Hanlon

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

— Sarah Cooper

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

— Rod Stewart

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

— James Lipton

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

— Elaine May

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

— Adam McKay

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

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

— Colin Quinn

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

— Marlo Thomas

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

— Art Buchwald

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

— Michelangelo