When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
When I do comedy, my brain sort of locks up in the infinite possibilities. That's where I get sort of lost. I… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
When I saw 'The Office' I thought, 'That's it for our type of humour. This has changed comedy for ever.' I loved… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Comedy thrives on immediacy and I got fed up waiting months to find out if a radio sketch show was being commissioned. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Stand-up is a very scary, very solitary profession, but you have to experience it to figure out if it's right for you. — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
We started off in improv and sketch comedy, and with improv the most important thing is to listen and make sure you're… — Sal Vulcano Copy Share Image
I hate comics who look at comedy as therapy. But at least it gets things out of my system in a funny… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Ask anyone the best part of the classic comedy, 'My Cousin Vinny,' and they'll likely say Mona Lisa Vito. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
Puns are often unacceptable to the feelings; they come like a spoonful of ice-cream in the midst of a comfortable smoking-hot steak,… — Sara Coleridge Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“Anthropologist Mary Douglas (1991) examines the very thin line separating a joke from an insult: a joke expresses something a community is… — Henry Jenkins Copy Share Image
My family’s said to me from the beginning, ‘People are always going to tell you to pick what you want to be… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Bryzgalov isn’t just a running comedy act. He’s one of the league’s most thoughtful players and the fact that he offers the… — Ilya Bryzgalov Copy Share Image
In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
“When you are having a really crappy day, and life seems to be kicking your ass, try to force your self to… — L.F. Young Copy Share Image
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub;… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
I've got quite a strong drive, and that can be slightly deplorable. Struggling to become a famous comedian - there's something weird… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“The curt maneuver forced hearty laughter from all of the fathers in the ballroom, who were delighted by the illusion of danger… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It can take a few months to get a new 10 minutes. Usually it takes like 10 times of repeatedly trying different… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me. — Tommy James Copy Share Image
My brand of humor is trying to play the situation as real as possible because I'm not the type of guy who… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
In order to be good at stand-up, you have to do it all the time. You have to care about it more… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
“Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
I like how much better being on the road makes you at comedy. I like how strong you get on it. What… — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
If the setups take too long, you wind up losing momentum. Momentum is very good for comedy. Not having to do eight… — Michael Spiller Copy Share Image
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings. — Jeff Garlin Copy Share Image
Raise your hand if you had no idea you’d see so much nudity in one week of jury duty.” Twelve hands flew… — Julie James Copy Share Image
I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I don't think you get a lot of comedians who are homeopaths. Comedy is essentially about not being hoodwinked. — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice… — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
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