“Another reason is that the letters are almost always funny, offering readers the spectacle of some pompous self-celebrator given ample ironic room… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
There's something really wonderful about making people laugh, and if you can find the laughs within a dramatic piece, it's also very… — Gemma Whelan Copy Share Image
In comedy, beware the split focus. The audience should focus on the face of the actor. The audience must see the setup.… — James Carver Copy Share Image
The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
We sat down and talked about who we liked comedy-wise, TV-wise, what made us laugh and what we enjoyed doing. So a… — Declan Donnelly Copy Share Image
I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
Humour is almost like a coping mechanism and everybody's up for having a bit of craic to try and pull through and… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I like the idea of sort of being able to stick a pin in something and deflate it with humor and just… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy.… — Jack Coleman Copy Share Image
There aren't as many women in my industry in comedy as there should and could and hopefully will be, but it is… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
I think TV companies don't take as many risks any more, it's a bit more prescriptive. There are more channels but there… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
I stopped being interested in improvisation, and I continue to not be that interested in it. Comedians can do it on a… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
“I think ethnic jokes are hilarious, all sorts of ethnic jokes. White, black, Mexican, midget. Maybe midgets are not an ethnicity, but… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I've just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn't know them, I wouldn't know they were funny from the television.… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate. I've been in theater, films, television, radio, tragedy, comedy, farce - I've been in a musical and in… — Donald Sinden Copy Share Image
You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well. — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
The person who is most a part of me is the performer, is the standup, the guy who says, "Hey look at… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The stand-up world is very, very hard. There is a lot of competition, and there are not that many venues, and there… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself. — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys… — Alan Carr Copy Share Image
Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb… — David Cross Copy Share Image
I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of… — Luke Wilson Copy Share Image
Firstly, I am not a comedian. I have a sense of doing comedy but I am a character artist. If the character… — Ashok Saraf Copy Share Image
Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
“Knight burst out laughing I watched thinking he really looked good doing that. I was also thinking I wanted to find one… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“What is the modern mind?" asked Grant. "Oh, it's enlightened, you know, and progressive --and faces the facts of life seriously." At… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world — Chris Kattan Copy Share Image
If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry,… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
