Given a little time for the pain to subside, dreadful experiences often can be the basis of funny jokes or stories. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny… — Laurie David Copy Share Image
Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When Jesus told us to love one another, He never said we had to like it. — John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
It's tough to do comedy. After 'Mister', my inhibitions with respect to comedy have come down. — Varun Tej Copy Share Image
Sex and death. Two things that come but once in my lifetime, but at least after death you're not nauseous. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you. You were you, but you were many—a multitude of mannequins, each named Manny. And I was… — Dora J. Arod Copy Share Image
“It comes down to this. Some one must wash the dishes. Now, would you expect man, man made in the image of… — Marie Jenney Howe Copy Share Image
There are some actors who have an interest in comedy but they can't say this openly. They do feel insecure about the… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
“Bill nodded, but he didn’t look hopeful. “The H-H-Himalayans had a rih-hi-hitual to g-get rih-rid of i-i-it, but ih-it’s pretty gruh-gruh-gruesome.” They… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“His red hair was buzz cut, and he wore his ill-fitting suit like something that he planned to rip his way out… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
And Barry Levinson is insanely funny. I don't know if you know this, not everyone does, but he and Craig T. Nelson… — Kevin Pollak Copy Share Image
“But comedy is ingrained. A writer doesn't choose to be comic. You can choose a plot, or not to have one. You… — John Irving Copy Share Image
God is a great humorist. He just has a slow audience to work with. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
