Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell… — Anna Faris Copy Share Image
“Worry can pull a person’s face into a mask of anxious lines, and he could tell she’d had some of that, but… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
It's quite easy to make a load of people laugh, it's often a reflex action, but I think to make them cry… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If you're playing things sincere in a really absurd, heightened situation, you'll achieve comedy as opposed to just saying funny lines and… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Comedy is grievances. It's a recitation of grievances - whether they're inconsequential, superficial - like "my wife shops too much", or "kids… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
The stuff that I'm saying, they're not really traditional, structured jokes. It's not like I'm talking about growing up in Chicago or… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
“The Severed Nose. What would you do if you came home one evening and found a severed nose lying on a plate… — Jeff Strand Copy Share Image
What they call 'alt-comedy' now is basically what comedy was like in the '80s. People tried different things, and everybody went to… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day,… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
“. . . a sense of humor is a sense of proportion. It is also a sense of delight--delight in noting life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Her lips full and inviting, she has an infectious laugh and glassy cackle in her eyes, and a 2000 volt sexual charisma… — Brett Tate Copy Share Image
I love doing radio, and I love doing stand-up, obviously. I'm good flying up to four hours, but anything past that, I… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together… — Gary Gulman Copy Share Image
People don't realize, or maybe they've forgotten, that there was a time in history when standup comedy wasn't something that you had… — Brad Stine Copy Share Image
I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn't care what I had… — Ron White Copy Share Image
In comedy, when you bomb, especially at The Comedy Store in front of a sold-out house? I think it would have been… — Brendan Schaub Copy Share Image
It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
If you're doing a job, and you secretly want to do a different job, you start to blame the job. I was… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
Universal Orlando may have the new Harry Potter Wizarding World, but Disney World has the Hari Puttar Experience, based on the Bollywood… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
'Dil Kabaddi' is an urban comedy about couples breaking up and reconciling. It's based on one of Woody Allen's movies. Can't remember… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
I think that there's always a time to be tongue-in-cheek, and there's always time for humor, but there's a time to be… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
I am one of those people who will burst out laughing in dead silence because of something that happened yesterday. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally. — Del Close Copy Share Image
You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has… — Margaret Rutherford Copy Share Image
I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore,… — Ali Copy Share Image
Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing,… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
When I do jokes that maybe are seen as social commentary, I research them to the nth degree. I probably do more… — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah,… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
