I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go… — David Chase Copy Share Image
I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
The fact that you can say stuff to people that other people are only thinking is always fun. It's a great tool… — Tom Ellis Copy Share Image
Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Before you joke someone,make sure he's not in a bad mood.. If so,make sure your joke would not hurt him even more.. — Sachithra Copy Share Image
You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy.… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh?… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
All I knew is that I loved movies and comedy and TV, and I wanted to perform. I made a bunch of… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
Women's humor seems to be a little more supportive. It's just kind of trying to make the other one laugh through funny… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
“It is the custom on the stage: in all good, murderous melodramas: to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as funny. I think of myself as rather grave, actually. And I'm suspicious of fun. I never… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“We can't know if we laugh at ourselves for being silly or to forget that we're not and that we are still… — Brian McGreevy Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known… — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
And you know, whether it's drama or comedy, the best work is based on truth. It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I think I'm a natural appreciator of comedy. I was definitely not the girl in junior high that all the guys wanted… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. — Noah Emmerich Copy Share Image
When I'm on the set at 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' of course the content isn't funny, but the other actors… — Stephanie March Copy Share Image
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life is irreverent, and you accidentally discover you are a party to irreverence, and it's hard to know what to do.” — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
Always find a reason to laugh. It may not add years to your life but will surely add life to your years. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all have problems or things that will get us down from time to time. No matter who we are. But a… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerful. That seems so… — Maika Monroe Copy Share Image
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
But there's times when I like to find the strange angles to something. People go, 'I heard a lot of jokes like… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I have a dark sense of humor, so I definitely like to work on stuff like that. I do enjoy working in… — Fiona Gubelmann Copy Share Image
Wonder Showzen is one of my favorite shows of all time. When I first saw it, I thought it was so funny… — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
It's weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I'm expected to be humorous on… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
With 'Hang the DJ,' I was concerned that it was more comedic and much lighter than we normally do for 'Black Mirror.' — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“I laugh when i'm hurt. I laugh when i'm confused. I laugh when i'm angry. I laugh because others will laugh as… — Damien Buerger Copy Share Image
If you make comedy, if you try and make comedy where no one gets upset or offended, you're going to fail. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
We believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be. — H. Allen Smith Copy Share Image
On the theft of his material by Denis Leary: "I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
