The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Anyone who can't tell the difference between a joke and hate speech is just stupid. — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
Doing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one… — James Bobin Copy Share Image
Having done stand-up on television and in stand-up specials for like Comedy Central, you learn quickly that for that type of performance… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
“I never cared so much about making perfect sense. I wanted to make perfect nonsense. I wanted to tell jokes, but I… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
For many comedians, two common anxiety triggers include performing in front of family members and doing brand new material. — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
Any standup that you see who you go, 'Oh, wow, that guy's, you know, that guy's making it.' Inevitably, they've been doing… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
“Laughter with those that understand us is music for the soul. A hug at the right moment and a kind shoulder to… — Mimi Novic Copy Share Image
Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
I'd love to become like Bill Murray, who was so funny on 'Saturday Night Live' and has gone on to do some… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Audiences like me doing action and comedy. I am a jovial person and have been so from childhood. I like to laugh… — Ravi Teja Copy Share Image
we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
Laughter, on the other hand, " Petrarch went on, "is an explosion that tears us away from the world and throws us… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I wrote, I think, half a dozen films that were completely out of genre. Comedies, love stories, even one serious film about… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
If you're using comedy to shame people for getting informed and questioning authority, you're not doing comedy, you're doing propaganda, 'cause comedy… — Jimmy Dore Copy Share Image
Look, we can definitively agree that cable is far superior to network. That isn't to say that there can't be a great… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
