My mom, she's like Why can't you just do a nice romantic comedy like Jennifer Love Hewitt? And I'm like: Mom, look… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
The only way I've learned to change anyone's mind politically is to make them laugh. My whole career has been about that. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
The thing is, not everyone is funny, is the reality. That's terrifying! You either have the comedic timing or you don't. — Melissa Barrera Copy Share Image
When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing… — Alan Ruck Copy Share Image
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
THE FACT THAT MY DAD IS A PREACHER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T AGREE WITH SOME OF MY… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
I want to be able to go into a room of aliens and be funny. I don't care who it is. I… — Godfrey Copy Share Image
'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre,… — Akiva Schaffer Copy Share Image
When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
“I watched 60 Minutes...and they showed this woman, she's in every kind of..thing like that. 'This woman', they say, 'she lost her… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an… — Kel Mitchell Copy Share Image
I set out to be a comedian, and then the spokesperson thing is kind of just something that came along with it. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
“stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
One thing you learn from comedy writing, or sketch writing, is just to be vicious about cutting. Do not get sentimental about… — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could… — Bobby Farrelly Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
That's what I'm attracted to: how people face struggle - with humor - and how they handle tough situations in their lives… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
Norman Lear was talking about everything in the '70s... race, sexism, all of it. The network comedy really stayed away from that… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
You can see that the successful comedians who have come from New Zealand, like Flight of the Conchords, they had the time… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
I've done history; I've done biopics, I've done a little bit of comedy. I just want to keep going and show people… — Jason Mitchell Copy Share Image
As a comedian you have to remind yourself that it happens; every now and again you can just have a bad gig… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I think standups, a lot of times, get lost in making sure they don't upset anybody and making sure they stay with… — Andrew Santino Copy Share Image
Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I never go about a new project as if I'm trying ot redefine myself. I just like to work, and I'm excited… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh. — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think there's still a feeling within society, entertainment aside, that women are less funny than men. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
When people get into extreme situations or they want something bad enough, hilarity can ensue because the stakes are just that high. — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
August is the time when I can feel myself getting stronger as a comedian. I'm at the height of my powers come… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
“I grok people. I am people so now I can say it in people talk. I've found out why people laugh. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
