I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
What is a sense of humor? Surely not the ability to understand a joke. It comes rather from a residing feeling of… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say 'bought', I actually stole it off a short,… — Jack Whitehall Copy Share Image
If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense… — Francesca Gregorini Copy Share Image
“Maybe, just maybe, when this is all over and we meet on the other side we’ll just compare notes on how we… — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
The economics favour one-man comedy shows: all you need is one person, a microphone and a PA system. But I'm pleased so… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
There's a guy on YouTube ... who just re-voices Donald Trump. He does a thing called Sassy Trump which is just to… — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media… — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down... Why do we laugh? Because… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I've been called a funny person for a long time. I don't know that I know anything about comedic acting. — John Cho Copy Share Image
“It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I have some speakers up here, thank God, because last night I didn't have them and I was telling jokes and I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
That's the thing I love about sports: sports force you to quit. You can't pursue your dream till you're 46. When it… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When somebody takes themselves seriously that's fodder for comedy. I think every musician goes through certain periods of their career where they're… — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy… — Michael Dorn Copy Share Image
I wasn't the guy running out to the Viper Room or comedy clubs until three in the morning. I was the guy… — Ralph Macchio Copy Share Image
I did sketches and had the best time of my life because people were laughing. I was not self-conscious, because they laughed… — Conchata Ferrell Copy Share Image
The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here. — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If you can think of all the times in your life, some of the happiest times were probably when you were laughing.… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Comedy is one of the few places in entertainment at present where it's good for women to be, as no one is… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
Feminist humor raises consciousness. And the reason it's funny is because it stands something on its head. Goodness knows you've got to… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Accents are funny. It sets me apart from the other girls doing comedy. It gives me more—how do you say?—pop-oo-laaarrrity. — Sofia Vergara Copy Share Image
We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“There is an unspoken pact between best friends that stipulates the following: To induce laughter, all you have to do is look… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
