The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
I'm happy to try any genre, from drama to comedy and anything in between. Although, to be fair, for most of my… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous. — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
Always remember, you don't stop shitting your pants because you grow old. You grow old because you stop shitting your pants. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the… — Anne Dudley Copy Share Image
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I love everything. I don't see myself doing a really serious drama in the next five to ten years. I don't feel… — Tommy Wirkola Copy Share Image
I think with the success of, like, every summer there has been a couple R-rated comedies that have done so well; I… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
I was writing stand up comedy for TV for around 5 years and just wanted to attempt it myself. Vir Das started… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“No,” he said after a pause, “the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the… — Karen Blixen Copy Share Image
“My sense of teasing is completely lost on you.", Patrick said, hoisting himself back up. "It's a shame too. Most people tell… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is… — Carly Craig Copy Share Image
There's [John Mulaney Show] jokes that I have in stand up that I wouldn't try to put in, I would try to… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
To ease the pain, you have to learn to use what cost your a pain and turn it to a joke that… — Simphiwe Ntuli Copy Share Image
I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
Since I can remember, I always had some sort of social media where I would post memes and humorous things for my… — Alex Consani Copy Share Image
For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The thing with physical comedy is that you have to actually try to do the thing you're trying to do - you… — Jessica St. Clair Copy Share Image
A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about… — Barry Crimmins Copy Share Image
Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If a condescending joke is truly funny, make yourself the subject- you will increase the number of people laughing by at least… — Joe Harsel Copy Share Image
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's… — Freddie Highmore Copy Share Image
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and… — Bryan Callen Copy Share Image
Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
“Heyday, now that is a funny word ain't it? Part of a heyday is, you don't never know you are having yourself… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I don't like grouper fish. Well, they're okay. They hang around star fish. Because they're grouper fish. — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I just watched a ton of comedy and saw a ton of different styles, and eventually you think, 'Oh, yeah, I could… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
“They have no sense of humour whatsoever – even Bunty has a sense of humour compared with our hosts. They have united… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
People have been trained to believe that comedy is the five- and 10-minute segments that you see on TV. But in 10… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
“Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
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