Comedy Quotes

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So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' — Tommy Cooper
I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes… — Francis Ford Coppola
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework. — Bill Cosby
I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger. — Bill Cosby
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 basically… — Bryan Cranston
Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery. I open my eyes, remember who I am, what I'm like, and… — Louis C. K.
I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination. — Bryan Cranston
Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and… — Ice Cube
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy. — Benedict Cumberbatch
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into… — John Cusack
But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em. — John Cusack
Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I… — Rachel Cusk
Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I approach it. — Louis C. K.
I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.' — Louis C. K.
To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction. — Louis C. K.
The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness. — Louis C. K.
Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing. — Louis C. K.
It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and… — Claire Danes
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. — Rodney Dangerfield
Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true. — Jeff Daniels

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