American people Quote by Finley Peter Dunne

American audiences are affected by what the English people think.

— Chita Rivera

Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will.

— Edwin Newman

I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how…

— Kate Bush

Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.

— Stephen Merchant

Americans don't like puns and plays on words, which is totally opposite in the comedy world to France or even Italy and Germany.

— Gad Elmaleh

Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.

— Cord Jefferson

“One day the English language is going to perish. The easy spokenness of it will perish and go black and crumbly — maybe —…

— Nicholson Baker

In English films, they concentrate more on background scores and the music will be the main highlight of movie. When it comes to our…

— Arjun Janya

Audiences around the world are all pretty similar. People just rock up and want to have a laugh, although Americans whoop more than English…

— Russell Howard

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

— Bjork

Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the…

— Barry Humphries

... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.

— M. E. W. Sherwood