I thank my dad for giving me a good exposure to comedy since childhood. He was a librarian and I would read… — Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form. — Jaime Camil Copy Share Image
What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I don't see much point in doing things for a pure joke. Every now and then you need a joke, but not… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright… — Allen Klein Copy Share Image
Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
But laughter is in some way unique; when you laugh, you are also total in it. A laughter which is not total… — OSHO Copy Share Image
What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories -… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
“The expression terminal, when the doctor first pronounced it, had struck Meershank with a comic bounce, this after a lifetime of pursuing… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
I did try and do some spooky stand up once, and some of my stand-up had - I tried to do some… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
I'm not really political in my comedy, and I'm not looking to have the best joke about Trump or the best joke… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets… — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
Anyone who would laugh at a recital is probably some sort of lunatic anyway. I mean, only a sick, twisted mind could… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
Playing on stereotypes was meant to be humorous. If it doesn't tickle you in certain spots, it's not going to be funny.… — Manila Luzon Copy Share Image
“There was no more yelling or calling out, but they could not contain the small snatches of laughter. They were only humans,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it -… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The only reason I was allowed to have a career for a quarter century as an insult comic is because it's all… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others. — Thomas More Copy Share Image
In theater, one of the biggest problems when you're rehearsing comedy over and over again is that you stop laughing at each… — Lauren Ashley Carter Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. I love romantic movies. I'm kind of a sucker for them, and, sort of end up crying at… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My comedy is about, lift yourself. See reality. Change the reality if you don't like it. But if you can't, then deal… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
My thinking is, if we're setting out to make comedy in which nothing is off limits, then everybody is fair game. — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
I've got to follow in the footsteps of Sacha Baron Cohen and do a prank show, or a film with real elements… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
I think comedy and satire are the strongest ways to deal with very serious themes and very painful themes. — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Do you reckon the Queen has ever pulled a blanket up so just her head's showing and gone 'Philip, look at me!… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I don't really want to tell jokes about trivia; I'd kind of rather tell jokes about things like life and death. — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
I used to think it was so funny that plankton was married to his computer, but now I realized that's probably my… — Sponge Bob Copy Share Image
