Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
I understand what my gift is, which is making people laugh, hopefully. It's more on that level. I don't need to be… — Chris Kattan Copy Share Image
“The vulgar might laugh at the Foreign Office, but there was no doubt it taught you how to deal with difficult people.” — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I'm not looking to be the King of Comedy, or the King of Hollywood. I just want to be able to keep… — Mike White Copy Share Image
There are only so many ways to get people to go see stand-up, that it really is about the product; it's not… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I like wee arguments, I've never been into jokes. I'm more into strange things and madness and things escalating and things not… — Limmy Copy Share Image
I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I've told Michael Jackson jokes. If you got really technical, you could say those are jokes about child molestation. You could, if… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
“She had her own barometer for knowing when a man was getting too close: as soon as he felt comfortable enough to… — Stephanie Bond Copy Share Image
Gian Luigi Polidoro and his girlfriend had written this script, it was an American comedy, and they decided I was the guy… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I always have the same thing - which is the fear of not getting a laugh - that I've had from the… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
“What's happened is somewhere, along the line, as a society, we confused the notion of 'home' with the possibility of 'an investment… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
Comedians have a tendency to have a limited range, they tend to do one thing and do it very well, but it's… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
And what do I mean by the word 'perfection'? That I shall not try to explain but only say, 'Perfection makes me… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Just be funny. Funny always goes over well, so try to think of something funny to break the ice rather than being… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
Not by any means do I think that I'm The Rock or Mark Wahlberg. I understand that I'm not like them, being… — Big Show Copy Share Image
There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want… — William McIlvanney Copy Share Image
The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
To me, the script is a living, breathing organism. Comedy is something that is ever-changing and ever-flowing with the vibe and the… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Politics is a thing that is kind of the same over and over and over again. But we have to find new… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Without talent, I don't care how funny the writers are or how many comedy lines they come up, without wrestlers you can't… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
I think there's just too much comedy. Sometimes I get requests from people: 'How do I get into comedy?' And I always… — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
Saying women aren't funny is now like saying Asians can't drive or saying black people have bad credit. It's just really, like,… — Whitney Cummings Copy Share Image
Comedy was not necessarily the thing that I thought it would be, but I was searching for something that felt scary to… — Rachel Brosnahan Copy Share Image
“Grandma, everyone out here is bleaching their anuses. What do I do?" Her advice? "Baby, go outside in the sun and squirt… — Mollie Gross Copy Share Image
I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake. — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.' — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
My dad's my biggest fan. When I went to college, my dad came into my life in full-on dad mode. I was… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC's identity, to say, "We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business." — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The goal is doing stand-up on TV somewhere, which is what I'm working on. Something on latenight or Comedy Central, but -… — Chris Cubas Copy Share Image
