Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer. — Scott Aukerman
Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled… — Scott Aukerman
Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is. — Jason Statham
As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet… — Hugh Grant
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as… — Eric Idle
Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very… — James Franco
I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before. — Neil Patrick Harris
To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering. — Kathy Griffin
Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix. — Matt Groening
When people write comedy from neutrality, it just gets kind of silly. — Mort Sahl
I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy. — Carol Burnett
My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds.… — Will Smith
Comedy is the ultimate anarchist. — Tim Allen
When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it… — Chris Rock
Comedy is learning to be funny, and you learn to be funny in small rooms with young audiences. — Joan Rivers
It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it. — Jerry Seinfeld
I think the most important thing about learning comedy is to start from who you are. If you begin the process by imitating what you… — Rita Rudner
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. — Demetri Martin
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week… — Mike Birbiglia
Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences. — Mike Birbiglia
The Comedy Central CDs combined with the TV specials are what led to my stuff being traded and passed around, and a lot more people… — Mike Birbiglia
In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs. — Mike Birbiglia
I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy. — Mike Birbiglia
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. — Mike Birbiglia

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