Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law… — Amy Poehler
I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth to each other.… — Amy Poehler
Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's… — Amy Poehler
I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try… — Chris Pratt
The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a… — Chris Pratt
I did auditions at a club called the Comedy Connection. They wanted nothing to do with me. But one night they were doing a night… — Paula Poundstone
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through… — Dawn Powell
The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't actually hurt. If… — Chris Pratt
Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. — J. B. Priestley
I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't… — Richard Pryor
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic. — Richard Pryor
I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star. — Richard Pryor
Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. — Gilda Radner
I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas. — Sam Raimi
The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was… — Harold Ramis
If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me. — John C. Reilly
There's so much joy in doing comedy work, and that's one of the reasons I like to do it - because it's just a hilarious… — John C. Reilly
I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the… — John C. Reilly
Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the… — Jason Reitman
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment. — Jason Reitman
I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama. — Jason Reitman
It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts. — Jason Reitman
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters… — Jason Reitman
I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me... particularly, if it's… — Jason Reitman
I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the… — Jason Reitman

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