You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Comedy is really what I enjoy the most. And it's what I find hardest. Finding the comedy in a situation is always… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I did my first set at a talent show, and I couldn't finish because the judges didn't like my jokes. They were… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with… — Allen Klein Copy Share Image
Being a comedian, all the stress is there in the moment of doing it. The rest of it is mint: you hang… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
Every once in a while you definitely have to film someone for half an hour saying something that you do not think… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Drama is more universal. We all cry about the same stuff. But comedy is very specific: It depends on where you were… — Eugenio Derbez Copy Share Image
“There are some people who would rather be right than happy, as though making a point was more fun than having a… — Merrit Malloy Copy Share Image
Part of the problem of comedians doing specials every year - when the masters do it, it's like, 'Okay, I guess, go… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
It is amazing how much more amazing sleep is in the morning. You wake up and you're like, "I stayed up to… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
It's kind of a camaraderie in the comedy community, people are kind of proud of how badly they go down sometimes, and… — Amy Hoggart Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.' — Brad Anderson Copy Share Image
If I can write a joke about something that happened that was awful, it's like OK that happened and I have this… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
In my sick brain, gruesome violence and comedy go as hand-to-hand together as anything else in the world. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
But that hair? That is comedy entrapment. People are not attacking your hair, they are defending themselves from something that appears like… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
People will always want to get together in groups at plays and have the contagious thing of someone laughing with them. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down. — Florence King Copy Share Image
I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I… — Emma Caulfield Copy Share Image
"Transparent" is a drama slash comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I just like to laugh once in a while. You have to enjoy yourself. You have to be serious when you have… — Jonas Valanciunas Copy Share Image
I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I'm so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
You know, I have my mental health issues myself. So I'm very aware of those things. And I never come from that… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a standup comic because I grew up on Joe Pasquale, Kenny Everett, Tommy Cooper. And everyone likes the… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
Dan Brown and the 'Da Vinci Code' have been around well over a decade now, and to be perfectly honest, both he… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy. — Janet Street-Porter Copy Share Image
Laughter not only makes the journey endurable and even enjoyable, it also helps keep us healthy… Be like a child: learn to… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
It dawned on me then that as long as I could laugh, I was safe from the world; and I have learned… — Jimmy Durante Copy Share Image
Men and women are like cats and dogs. I've learned more about myself from women. My comedy is based on this. — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
Writing humor in my column isn't as dangerous as performing it. If I fail in front of a live audience, the humiliation… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to… — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
