Comedy Quote by Bo Burnham Download Open image “Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.” — Bo Burnham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Function Humor Purpose Strange
Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it. — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Comedy is a tool to be used so that people can relate to each other. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Comedy makes things believable. Because if there's anything we all know, it's how to make fun of ourselves, and to make fun of situations… — Claudia Jessie Copy Share Image
Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it. — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
The function of comedy is to dispelunconsciousness by turning the searchlight of the keenest moral and intellectual analysisright on to it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness. — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
“Well, man, you know what they say." No, I don't. I don't know what they say. I don't even know who they are. Who… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
And there's a metal train that's a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her, How long til it… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now I just… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
