Amount Quote by Craig Ferguson

I always feel that comedy, at its best, tackles issues that are controversial, polarizing, volatile, and sheds light onto those issues and the people…

— Randall Park

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're…

— Antonio Banderas

Some of the best comedy comes from squeezing humour from tragedy and struggle, but the main pursuit of comedy should be laughter.

— Romesh Ranganathan

For me, it's important to elevate the hypocrisy with humor. Then you really are using the humor to elevate the problem, saying this is…

— Lizz Winstead

I think a lot of comedy is about making fun of people at the expense of somebody.

— Phil Dunster

There's a lot of ordinariness, and people tend to play to the same regressive tropes - sexism, patriarchy, unkindness to the oppressed. Comedy shouldn't…

— Varun Grover

Sometimes the funnier you are, the more vulnerable and scared you are underneath it all. So I think, for me, comedy was always a…

— Whitney Cummings

Comedy always benefits from different points of view and even tension. It can never be satisfied.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I think sadness and anger are really fertile ground for comedy. No one is really interested in a happy person doing comedy.

— Zach Galifianakis

Comedy, if it's done well, can reflect the mood of a nation. It can be a mirror to who we are, what we believe…

— Brad Stine

For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment where you're comfortable making a fool of yourself. It's…

— Michael Spiller

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans