Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a… — Ellen Kushner Copy Share Image
There's some actors that go easily between drama and comedy because they play the naturalism of the role, and they just have… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I certainly don't delude myself that there aren't certainly more important things to do in life than make people laugh, but I… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If something makes me cry, I cry out loud. If something makes me laugh, I laugh out loud, because that's what it's… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Whenever I see 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', a total comedy classic, I get the urge to feel the breeze of the south of… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
“It is easy to raise a laugh, but dangerous, for it is the greatest test of an orator's control of his audience… — Russell H. Conwell Copy Share Image
You can't just expect anyone to turn comedian because it's something that should come naturally, but not when forced on someone. — M. S. Narayana Copy Share Image
The mistake...was attributed in part to the fact that employees called the 3-year note 'Losh' and the 5-year note 'Bosh'. The comic… — Frank Partnoy Copy Share Image
I remember like that scene with Pharrell where they're at the music video shoot, we have this on camera actually, Pharrell's confused… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
Whereas Absurdism in Europe seemed a logical, almost inevitable response to the irrationality of war, the analogous elements that surfaced in American… — Arnold Aronson Copy Share Image
LAUGHTER is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't really watch a lot of standup. I didn't know you could be a low-energy comedian. It was something… — Dan Mintz Copy Share Image
I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until… — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
“A smaller rocket cut across the sky, trailing smoke. It exploded in a red heart. "Awwwww!" said the crowd. "Upside down," said… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
In comedy you have to be prepared and be specific and have a vision so your comedy feels organic and relatable and… — Sal Vulcano Copy Share Image
Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot." — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
How come there's no terrorism with humor, which is a great way to humiliate your enemy? It's a great time for that. — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you're a guy over 30 by yourself in the hotel pool, you automatically look like a murderer who's just relaxing after… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
Of course I don't use my A-material, it doesn't matter if they think I'm funny or not because they won't be thinking… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
I want to do literally everything. I think I was gifted... I inherited one of the best comedy visionaries as a director. — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
If something doesn't feel right comedically I won't budge on it. You just have to dig your heels in and fight for… — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
You ever hear girls say that? "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." I like to reply with "I'm not honest, but you're… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that's… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I think I write my comedy to - a lot of it is to make my parents laugh. I want them to… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
In 'Malvolio,' the audience laugh at me, and I use that laughter to crack open the question as to why they are… — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image
I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Technology can't eliminate the need for people going to want to go out and see theater and standup comedy. — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
“In fact, some people use humour so habitually that it is hard for them to remain serious for any length of time.” — Margaret Hough Copy Share Image
Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you are laughing so hard telling a joke and someone say, you've already said that. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Delightful, tragic, gloriously elegiac and riddled with puns-Close to Hugh is just like life, only so much more beautiful for being art. — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
