80s Quote by Doug Stanhope

I think critics tend to think that comedy is freakin' math. Like, this is the Pythagorean Theorem. They're not sophisticated enough to know that…

— Ken Jeong

I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have…

— Adam Carolla

Comedy is the result of what's happening, not what people are doing. Because if people are doing comedy. It's embarrassing. The individual elements have…

— Christoph Waltz

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We…

— Alan King

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have…

— Will Ferrell

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a…

— Laura Linney

Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better

— Ricky Gervais

That's the nature of comedy. You always want to be improving and growing and changing with what's happening in the world. That's when comedy…

— Margaret Cho

Everybody's gone through things, and I think the point of comedy is to talk about those things in a humorous way so people can…

— Janelle James

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not…

— Ricky Gervais

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

— Varun Sharma