I like to make people laugh. I like that kind of silly stuff. For me, it's a natural thing to want to… — Carmen Electra Copy Share Image
You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
I performed stand-up because I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. My set was never joke-centric. It was a performance. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that. — Abe Burrows Copy Share Image
I've done stand-up at airport Holiday Inns and that's where you feel like you're doing comedy for people that hate it. — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
To me, comedies are usually the least funny movies. Movies that are actually a comedy are usually not all that funny. To… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
But laughter is in some way unique; when you laugh, you are also total in it. A laughter which is not total… — OSHO Copy Share Image
What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
There are words that I wouldn't say because they hurt people's feelings. I just happen to be a white guy who writes… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories -… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
“We had any number of clocks surrounding us, and every one of them at one time or another exhibited a lively sense… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Nothing against comedy clubs, they work. But when you're sitting with a tablecloth and a candle and an appetizer menu, three-drink minimum,… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I got mugged. And they got my knapsack with my comedy notebook in it. So if anybody see two cholos bombing at… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
The truth is that I don't really understand the concept of having an old-fashioned sense of humour, because to me fashion is… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
As fate is inexorable, and not to be moved either with tears or reproaches, an excess of sorrow is as foolish as… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Oh, man. He knows not what he does to my comedy bones. This is the one where it's all one side of… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
The important thing, once you get 'em laughing, is to keep 'em laughing until you're through. With a 90-minute feature, you've got… — Hal Roach Copy Share Image
Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to… — Eddie McClintock Copy Share Image
You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over to his… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I remember before I did 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for drama. Once I'd done 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen… — Jessalyn Gilsig Copy Share Image
I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. I'm not Ed Murrow up on the roof in a London fog reporting on the… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
When it comes to comedy, they always say, "Jackée, whatever comes to your mind." But heaven forbid I can't think of something.… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
There could be great thrillers or great dramas or great comedies made in that world but everyone's afraid of it. So you… — George Ratliff Copy Share Image
I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they… — Norman Wisdom Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time on social media and people ask me if the abuse I get is upsetting, but working… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
My philosophy is making a movie is difficult enough and I just feel as if you should have a really good time… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And… — Jimmy Kimmel Copy Share Image
I'm doing this pilot called 'Demon.' Kevin Smith is directing it. It's a comedy drama. I play a guy who rises up… — Kyle Gass Copy Share Image
Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage. — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
