Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success… — Jimmy Carr
To be honest, Im a little tired of playing bad guys. I long to do a comedy. But it was fun knocking Indiana Jones around. — Gary Oldman
Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's… — Matthew Lillard
I'd never really done comedy before 'Community,' so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors,… — Gillian Jacobs
I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters. — Elizabeth Olsen
I think I was drawn to comedy originally because when I was really young, by the time I was eight I had seen movies like… — Emma Stone
The whole world is tense. Everybody gets the international news. Theres been no American comedy at all that even remotely addresses the subject in any… — Albert Brooks
Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it. — Marlon Wayans
When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. — Sid Caesar
Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy. — Cary Grant
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama… — Jack Lemmon
I love doing sitcoms. I love doing comedy. I love the whole shooting match. — Rachael Harris
I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama. — Rachael Harris
I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well… — Rachael Harris
I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy. — Bob Saget
Bob Saget was known, in the comedy clubs in those days, as extremely funny but with dark humor. It was always an inside joke among… — Bob Saget
Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama, — Sharon Gless
I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun… — John Krasinski
There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them. — Steve Coogan
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people… — Wayne Brady
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the… — Gene Kelly
I don't think I'd have done comedy if I was born eighty years ago I'd have been a lord. Shooting people that were on my… — Noel Fielding
I had always drawn, every day as long as I had held a pencil, and just assumed everyone else had too…Art had saved me and… — Noel Fielding
Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops. — Christopher Guest
Fake is not a word I like to use because there's nothing fake about what I do. It's a show, it's a predetermined outcome; we're putting… — Chris Jericho

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