Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can be very moving… — Sarah Silverman
I'm trained as an actor for the stage - classically trained, believe it or not - and I worked closely with Stella Adler for years.… — Michael Richards
I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to… — Jillian Bell
The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is really introspective and… — Steve Coogan
A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie… — Scott Raab
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself. — Brian Williams
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well. — Jodie Foster
You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want… — Michael J. Fox
You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand. — Jeff Foxworthy
I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles. — Jeff Foxworthy
Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're… — Jeff Foxworthy
I love comedy. God has given me this platform. — Jeff Foxworthy
Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during… — Al Franken
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people.… — Al Franken
The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. — Dawn French
Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith. — Christopher Fry
I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did… — Neil Gaiman
There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories… — Neil Gaiman
And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit. — Jennifer Garner
Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film. — Janeane Garofalo
I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this… — Janeane Garofalo
Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human. — Richard Gere
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and… — Whoopi Goldberg
There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Our comedies are not to be laughed at. — Samuel Goldwyn

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