But there's times when I like to find the strange angles to something. People go, 'I heard a lot of jokes like… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
The fact that you can say stuff to people that other people are only thinking is always fun. It's a great tool… — Tom Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work;… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
If I can laugh with people, it makes me feel safe with them. If I feel someone has no sense of humour,… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Humor has been a fashioning instrument in America, cleaving its way through the national life, holding tenaciously to the spread elements of… — Constance Rourke Copy Share Image
Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
All Internet comedy is niche comedy. If you do an Internet video about Halo, every Halo fan will send it to every… — Ricky Van Veen Copy Share Image
The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know,… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Everyone was doing alternative comedy. I thought I'd distinguish myself by just telling jokes, with differing degrees of success. — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go… — David Chase Copy Share Image
Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy.… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Before you joke someone,make sure he's not in a bad mood.. If so,make sure your joke would not hurt him even more.. — Sachithra Copy Share Image
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I think I'm a natural appreciator of comedy. I was definitely not the girl in junior high that all the guys wanted… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh?… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. — Noah Emmerich Copy Share Image
When I'm on the set at 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' of course the content isn't funny, but the other actors… — Stephanie March Copy Share Image
When an audience is laughing, that's opening their souls somehow, and when you have an audience with an open soul, it's much… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
When I did 'Nikki and Sara Live,' I think a lot of the comedy got lost because we were always so worried… — Nikki Glaser Copy Share Image
I don't feel those limits when I'm on stage. For some reason, audiences let me get away with things. Remember, it's all… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist.… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
It's always judged on funny first, then the facts, and the realism, and the points that you're trying to make. — Jordan Klepper Copy Share Image
I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing… — Rachael Harris Copy Share Image
I want to stretch myself. Another reason why I'm so fortunate is that this is a drama and I've been brought up… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
“...big, strapping macho guys were like liquid diets--they were great for emergencies, but she wouldn't want to be on one all the… — Stephanie Bond Copy Share Image
I really enjoy comedy, but I also still really enjoy the drama aspect. So, I don't like to narrow my possible chances… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh,… — Deontay Wilder Copy Share Image
As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think my sense of humor is really dark and super twisted and stuff like that. It's like, "Is this a funny… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Appropriately used humor can shine light on the truth, disarm difficult behavior, and show that you have superior composure. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
