Always Quote by Doug Stanhope

The major caveat in all of comedy is that it's all instinctive. There's no true criteria. There is no right or wrong. Ultimately, often…

— Larry Charles

The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on…

— Mel Brooks

Race is still somewhat of a taboo in comedy. But if you're a minority, then you can make fun of your own minority. And…

— Emo Philips

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

Comedy can be silly and gross and offensive, as long as there's sort of a point. You can make a joke that, on the…

— Steve Coogan

I think comedy can be a way of sugar-coating a pill that needs to be taken, and whatever I complain about onstage, I hope…

— Jon Richardson

It's easier to do comedy with an audience, because their reactions tell you whether or not what your saying qualifies as comedy.

— Doug Benson

There are comedic rules and formulae and, while these tenets should be respected, especially by a newcomer, perversely you can still succeed by openly…

— Richard Herring

You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to…

— Shawn Levy

I won't attempt something that could be potentially offensive; 80 per cent of comedy can happen without hurting anyone's sentiments. Only a few people…

— Kiku Sharda

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits…

— John Cleese

I'm very observational in my comedy and what I create with the characters that I'm blessed to play. I don't believe comedy needs to…

— Michael Dapaah