Comedy Quote by Denis Norden

Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now…

— Craig Brown

As I get older, I don't think the world is becoming that funny. Comedy is changing a bit.

— Bobby Lee

There is so much competition and content floating around right now, so comedy has to have a lot quirk and heart.

— Varun Sharma

I'm always amazed that people are interested in comedy.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom

Comedy has changed with the times, thank God - slowly, oh my lord, slowly - but it has.

— Catherine O'Hara

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?

— Paul Merton

Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

— Bo Burnham

In the '50s, audiences accepted a level of artifice that the audiences in 1966 would chuckle at. And the audiences of 1978 would chuckle…

— Quentin Tarantino

There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake

— Todd Barry

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

— Helen Fielding

In comedy you feel you need to go back to the theatre every now and again, you feel you need to go back to…

— Mathew Baynton