The comedies are not a million laughs on the set. Its business and the dramas are business as well, really. When I'm… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I like to make people laugh, and I definitely think laughter is healing. It's one of my favorite thing to do, so… — Kelly Stables Copy Share Image
“There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than… — Patrick Bateman Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent. — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life. — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
“You must be clever, Tracey to do these forgeries." "She's not clever. I did them," yelled Frieda. "You'll get five years." "She… — Robyn Quaker Copy Share Image
I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
My experience - and it might be just the kind of comedy that I do, which is usually sketch comedy - is… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I doubt anyone has ever accused comedians of solidarity before. It's hard to think of a less collegiate world than that of… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
“And then to Leo’s surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
It is an amazing thing to watch people laugh, the way it sort of takes them over. Sometimes they really do struggle… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Which is so important, I mean, that's what's so great about the books, is, you know, those two worlds are sort of,… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
The whole play of existence is so beautiful that laughter can be the only response to it. Only laughter can be the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is… — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
You can't satirise darts, because it's hyper-real as it is; there's already enough over-the-top madness to it. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I wish I had the guts and talent to be a good comedian. I love the idea of it, yet I'm terrified… — Charlie Rowe Copy Share Image
There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically. It's the only truly safe… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Awards shows have devolved into self-parodies - liberals in limos, corny insider jokes delivered by the hosts among bad teleprompter reading from… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I'm probably a lot closer than perhaps the contents of my early fiction suggest to a jaded Denny's waitress with smoker's-lung-black humor… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Drama is a complete meal, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates. It's a slow burn thing. It's got an arc. Comedy is more like coke. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“Few people actually read. Instead, everyone likes pretending they read. If we spent as much time reading as we say we do,… — Dan Wilbur Copy Share Image
I'm very protective of my material. And you have to be, because it's very easy for people just to steal jokes. — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
I had a couple of decent laughs on Townies, but for the most part, delivering a joke that you just know is… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I laugh a lot, especially between shots, and it's tough for me to control. There have been so many instances where my… — Anushka Shetty Copy Share Image
You remember from watching the show, there are no "jokes." That's why if you see people on Twitter accusing me of being… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Your chemistry with your co-actors is more important in a comedy. You can't leave it to your performance alone. So many things… — Tabu Copy Share Image
Without humor, life is boring. Without love, life is hopeless. Without friends like you, life is impossible! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a musical comedy star. — Arlene Dahl Copy Share Image
In comedy, reconcilement with life comes at the point when to the tragic sense only an inalienable difference or dissension with life… — Constance Rourke Copy Share Image
sometimes in comedy you can make the audience feel poignancy stronger than you can with tears or anguish. — Shelley Winters Copy Share Image
As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he's most playful, ... I think Rupert is really adept… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
