I thought I could make a sarcastic joke about it. But it's based on my own struggle with how much to give,… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the… — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
My goal in any show is to make people laugh. That's the No. 1 thing. Everything else pales in comparison to that. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
There's so much terrible stuff in the clubs: you see audience's minds being polluted by awful language and base thoughts. But perhaps… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person. — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Its difficult to cry because of the pain we feel. But laughing just to show that youre not hurt is harder — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you don’t laugh reading this book I’ll eat my pocket protector. Wait, did I just admit I had a pocket protector?” — Nicole Fende Copy Share Image
Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Anything has a rhythm to it, comedy or drama. There has to be a musicality to it. And everybody can't play the… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy.… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
I put the storyboard down and came back to it like two weeks later and saw that I had written 'Butt-Head' next… — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity. And I think that's the reason my act has become… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But the truth of the matter is, that was fairly, fairly early on in Goebbels' 800 movies that he made in Germany.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray! — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
“This world will try to beat you down. Only laughter can counteract that. Laughter is ammunition. Resupply often.” — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be labeled as straight or labeled as gay. I just want people to look at me and see me… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I'm a progressive person, very liberal. I have this thing in my head where I'm going to change the world, but with… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
I still think that, hopefully, you're not ahead of the jokes, and I think that has value. There is a punchline and… — David Cross Copy Share Image
I had to host a comedy show the day after 9/11, and I really knocked it out of the park. But that… — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a… — Hansika Motwani Copy Share Image
YouTube is the vlogs and my life, then Instagram is comedy skits and pictures that I take. Twitter's text, and Instagram Stories… — Jake Paul Copy Share Image
“And then other days, well, you realise that life throws some pretty grim stuff at everyone at one time or another. You… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Being able to make people laugh is great, but it takes on a different meaning if they are laughing at you, not… — Tadahiko Nagao Copy Share Image
I quite like being a 'comedy elder statesman.' I am a big fan, I go to watch loads of new comics, and… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
“Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about," said the voice of Maurice. "They're so keen on tricking one another all… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
There's not much makeup in the army, is there? No. They only have that nighttime look, and that's a bit slapdash, isn't… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action. His tragedy… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As comedians, if nothing else, we're certainly allowed to make fun of ourselves and our own journeys and our own experiences. — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
“We cry coming into the world, as everyone around us laughs with joy. And we laugh with joy leaving this world, when… — Wendy Corsi Staub Copy Share Image
Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just,… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
I enjoy plummeting the depths of my emotions. Like when I'm acting, I actually find it easier to cry than laugh, for… — Aimee Lou Wood Copy Share Image
The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have… — Brett Favre Copy Share Image
When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever. — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
The best thing about where comedy is now is if you have a little bit of talent and a strong work ethic,… — Donnell Rawlings Copy Share Image
It's not hard for me to be funny. But it's really hard. I don't think a lot of people are funny. I… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
