It's a no-win situation with politics; it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't have an agenda where I do a comedy and say, 'I have to do a drama next,' or 'I am… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
You have to have energy at hour 13, at hour 14, at hour 15 - comedy cannot be tired, cannot be lazy.… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Comedy has got me all these opportunities and I enjoy doing a variety of things. I can't really believe I've got the… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
Because humor brings us back to earth, it helps us to use well what is left to us even when we are… — Kathleen R Fischer Copy Share Image
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing… — Blake Jenner Copy Share Image
I am a wild orchid of comedy, so I can only do well under specific conditions... There are people who I think… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
The odd thing is how, I think, the intensity and devotion to my craft and the intensity of certain performances or types… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
I think only things that are personal to us offend us. It's always bizarre when people who would normally laugh at an… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Humor is not about problems with airline luggage handlers. It's about our lives in America and it's about the ends of our… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
There are a few activities which are immensely valuable: laughter is one of these activities. Singing, dancing, are also of the same… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I'm sort of known in the comedy community as 'Smooth Sailing,' just 'cause everything always goes great. I've always had success at… — Jon Glaser Copy Share Image
Everybody has their favorite character.That's the only way I pick, whatever is going on in society, whatever I think folks will laugh… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Were it not for the amusement of our books, we should be moped to death for want of occupation. It rains incessantly.… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
I did so many comedies that we've had numerous discussions about horror of film and I've always been really hesitant to do… — Eric Christian Olsen Copy Share Image
If you're just making people laugh, that can be one-dimensional. You have to bring something artistic into it, so it's working on… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
“... the preacher speaks both the word of tragedy and the word of comedy because they are both of them the truth… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter. — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“I am an old man, and I am dying...Will you remember me, Jacob?" I promise, one day, I will join you, Mr.… — Noah Benshea Copy Share Image
I have noticed that in plays where the characters on stage laugh a great deal, the people out front laugh very little. — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music… — Keith Murray Copy Share Image
“Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.” — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you; but when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
I started doing standup because of Hugh Grant's best-man speech in 'Four Weddings,' which is basically a standup routine. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
