It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian. — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.” — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
People don't buy a new detergent because the manufacturer told a joke on television last night. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
It's really stupid to defend your own jokes. That is for other people to do if they choose to. — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I try to write jokes but when I've written about four I run out. Writing my show is a very lonely place. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
Comedy actually works best when you're living in an OK world, and you are pointing out the hypocrisy in apathy. — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Michael Pitt is amazing. His physical comedy is extraordinary; he's so committed and so willing to play within the scenes. It makes… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as… — Mike Judge Copy Share Image
Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“No matter what I'm doing, I cant help thinking about those who are gone. I catch myself laughing and remember that it's… — anne frank Copy Share Image
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I'm very hip-oriented. I focus on hips in my comedy - probably more than any other hipster comic who is out there… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I've never been funny. I don't think I'm funny. People say I'm funny. I go, 'No. No. I'm not.' But again, knowing… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
“In the center of the room Sarra the demon hung upside down by one leg, its arms bound behind its back, its… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
Not that I don't think irreverent humor and someone being filthy is funny, I just do what I do. Any comedian would… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I'm getting… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Tragedy isn't an easy thing to kill. It takes more than a turtle. Tragedy must be destroyed by someone willing to be… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If I like hardcore straight-edge punk music, gentle psychedelic folk music, gangster rap, indie-rock with a lot of guitar pedals, and I… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
