I think there's something funny about people who laugh in the face of convention or surprise us morally. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
I still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it,… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
If you're going to make a comedy and if your sole interest is in making people laugh and feel good and entertaining… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
Even I get tired of my own jokes if you tell them over and over and over again. So, crowd work is… — Matt Rife Copy Share Image
What do you say when your friends come to visit and the dog starts humping their leg. Well, if it's a pit… — Robert Schimmel Copy Share Image
I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school,… — Aidan Quinn Copy Share Image
If someone's a nurse and they're going to the Comedy Cellar on a Thursday night and they paid $30 and a two-drink… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
In high drama or high tragedy or anything, it's not really human unless there's some humor at the same time. And vice… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
“If I had been born in the 1700′s, presumably children had a bigger vocabulary than I had which means I wouldn’t have… — John Branyan Copy Share Image
I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything.… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“Art", "Bop" and "rock and roll" and whatever is all just a joke and a mistake, just a hunka foolishness so stop… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
Its funny how people comment on the small impossible things that happen in cartoons when the whole cartoon is based on something… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high… — Kevin McDonald Copy Share Image
I love watching people be totally committed in a very real way to stupid situations. I find it's not so much trying… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Normally, with stand-up, it's quite solitary, you write the material on your own, you perform it on your own, it's all very… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words. — India Arie Copy Share Image
[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and… — Lisa Loomer Copy Share Image
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
“Sad, slow music in the small hours of the morning isn't just sad and slow music. It's a narration. And through the… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy. — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
If you're going to take a jab at someone, you should at least have a bit more of a personal relationship with… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Some comedians change their style, often to their advantage; but I see no reason why I can't continue with the "urbane sophisticate"… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Comics, a lot of them, are really depressed people, and I happen to be somebody that does have a lot of confidence.… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
In standup, the feedback is instantaneous, and if it fails, you know you'll be off-stage and hiding in a short time. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Stand-up is still my job. That is the thing I wanted to get into when I was 21. You cannot beat the… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I love jokes, but God, jokes can go so wrong. I have stayed up many nights thinking, "F**k. I can't believe I… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Watching Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo in the late 90s was a masterclass of long-form comedy. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over,… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I liked that improv and sketch comedy were collaborative, but you really depended on other people and a stage to perform. With… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
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