The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
There are so many times where I may share a dirty joke or laugh at one, but the due restriction has to… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review.… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
This industry should behave like a mother whose child has just run out in front of a car. But instead of clasping… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
“Happiness does not create humor. There's nothing funny about being happy. Sadness creates humor. Krazy Kat getting hit on the head by… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“Humor as a system of communications and as a probe of our environment—of what's really going on—affords us our most appealing anti-environmental… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I think all Internet comments should be disengaged. But I kind of live and die by it. It's completely irresistible. It's not… — Harris Wittels Copy Share Image
When it comes to English stand-up comedy, Indians have only seen the best - Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and the like. So,… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
What's funny is that with my comedies I don't believe they're my best screenplays necessarily. They're just the ones that I wrote… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So,… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me. I don't understand the connection to any reality... Like in… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
If you're a content creator looking to elicit a certain emotion, we can validate that. In cases where an ad is trying… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes ofa continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me then if I saw how big 'The Steve Harvey Morning Show' was going to be, I couldn't tell… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
For people that don't know and haven't seen a Bollywood film, you need to go and see one. They give you everything… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
When you making a piece of comedy entertainment, the audience is a big component there. You do have to end up getting… — Jason H. Moore Copy Share Image
I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“ 'Tragedy admires man. Comedy feels a bit sorry for him.' We think we are kings or queens, masters of the universe… — Debbie Blue Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech does not mean that you have to agree with everything that a comedian says, but that comedian should have… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
It's a simple and an effective way of getting everyone on the same page, prepared and paying attention to the gag. People… — Frank Caliendo Copy Share Image
I never thought, 'I'm going to learn how to be funny now!,' and I'm still surprised when other people think I'm funny.… — Lisa Hanawalt Copy Share Image
“Anna is part of a generation that often seems frozen in place by their unreleting sense of irony. Virtually everything people believe… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“Elder's Meditation of the Day - February 18 "laughter is a necessity in life that does not cost much, and the Old… — Larry P. Aitken Copy Share Image
Movies take a lot of time to make, so when I sign onto a project, I ask, do I want to dedicate… — Kiersey Clemons Copy Share Image
I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh.… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
The Larry Sanders Show сhanged my life. I am so thankful that - I mean, go figure. Most people are lucky to… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
“For there enters an element of Comedy (in the full sense of that great word) whenever we watch the death or passing… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
I think comedy evolves constantly. I reinvent myself all the time. I always find a way to entertain myself because I truly… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
I had a client who just wanted to entertain me the whole time, that is a defense against going deep, in my… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
I'm not making fun of it because I want to make fun of it. I'm making fun of it so I feel… — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
It's very interesting being an artist and a comedian, (because) you aim for jobs that will feed your ego, but when you… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
