The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in… — Bret McKenzie Copy Share Image
“I have always tried to use humor to "help ever" and "hurt never," for I find that to laugh is like swallowing… — David Cross Copy Share Image
People who are good at stand-up, they sort of seem to have to do it. Something within them makes them have to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Laughter can be the most affirming and uniquely human sound,and also the most sinister and animalistic one.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it:… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“Great is a person that can laugh at their troubles...for they have found an avenue to help them rise above their despair.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
The first time I came to the Comedy Festival some nutcase shot a bunch of people in Tasmania. I thought, 'Oh, that's… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
I have always been a Laugher, disturbing people who are not laughers, upsetting whole audiences at theatres... I laugh, that's all. I… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
You know Seth and Evan, they were lead writers for 'Pineapple Express', and they are great at mixing things up. Taking different… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one… — Khandi Alexander Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of things out there that are humorous that people don't realize until you actually show them… — Tim Conway Copy Share Image
It's funny how people will think I'm being sarcastic a lot and joking. So I'll say, "I like your dress," and they'll… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
When I got into comedy, which was really for acting, I would see the guys who would be considered great today. They… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
Before I start, I'd like to assure you that this speech won't be full of carry on style jokes. Although last night… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never aim to be funny. I'm always just focused on telling the story authentically, and if that affects people sometimes through… — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
The comedy I do on TV came from me being at art school and seeing Gilbert and George films, thinking they were… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would call my comedy shows artistic, but sometimes, when you have a clever person lighting it, there… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
“What had been so funny? But you can never remember what you were laughing about, and even if you could, it seems… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
What I love about the Coen brothers - what everyone loves - is that they sort of toe the line of a… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody, but sometimes you want to learn from other people and… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character.… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters… — Kari Matchett Copy Share Image
I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
As somebody who works in comedy, I gravitate to the very serious, dramatic things in my consumption of media. — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
“From my travel blog @ http://www.lwmcferrin.com/travel When faced with disaster, the best medicine is laughter.” — Linda Watanabe McFerrin Copy Share Image
I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an… — John Updike Copy Share Image
A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Nothing is as universal as some good scatalogical humor. Even if it means having to be a little silly or cheeky, I… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing the same way I enjoy doing standup. Part of the challenge is being creative and making it work no… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Stand up is the most stressful, and hosting and presenting a show has its own stresses, because you've got an audience which… — Paddy McGuinness Copy Share Image
“I think you're a shit,’ said Keith sharply. ‘I think much of what you’ve done this season is shit and I think… — Dougie Brimson Copy Share Image
It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
