Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
The truth is really funny. It's uncomfortable sometimes, it's dramatic sometimes, but it's really funny. Life is funny. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to… — Sinbad Copy Share Image
I used to binge-eat and make myself throw up. I was a fat kid. Obviously I didn't quite master the bulimia. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But… — Jenny Slate Copy Share Image
There's a long tradition of teen comedies where the kids are getting drunk on beer and whatever else, so smoking a joint… — James Franco Copy Share Image
'Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I would go out, and I would go to these open mic nights at Stitches and Nick's… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects poor, I assumed that everybody understood… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
The words we use have weight. Whether it's in a conversation with a friend or something said publicly on stage or broadcast.… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it… — Red Skelton Copy Share Image
For a long time in my adolescence, comedy was the only tool I had for communication and dealing with the world and… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I always deliver on my promises, and I can promise that doing 'Strictly' would be as much of an entertaining laugh for… — Bez Copy Share Image
You know, actors say, 'There are no bad roles, there are only bad actors.' Well, comedians, because they're also writers, believe that… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, “Oh, no, I'm joking,… — Anna Torv Copy Share Image
In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Jokers are the best in the field of pretending. You will never notice the Pain inside of them, unless their tears have… — Ying Copy Share Image
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along. — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything Craig Ferguson could say that would make me laugh. Ad-libbing is not the same as entertainment. — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
I do a lot of laughing at my own self in life, so I think I come at things with a pretty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most of what I like doing in performing is connecting with an audience. What's the point of doing standup if you're not… — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Spirituality does not have to be serious. You are spirituality. Fun laughter heal you faster than anything. Introduce fun back into your… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
Don't get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I've been doing stand-up 29 years; there is no other career when you're finding your stride 30 years into it. — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out… — Daoud Hari Copy Share Image
How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
