British Quote by Hugh Dennis

I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.

— Ricky Gervais

British humour is very cruel. It's my favourite kind of humour; if it isn't cruel and funny it doesn't really cut the cake for…

— Jason Sellards

Ever since the commercial smash that was 'The Full Monty', we've always made films about underdogs. It's something that embodies Britishness and that sense…

— Daniel Mays

Succession,' in my mind, is the first successful British comedy in America, and the way that you get Americans to like British comedy is…

— Cord Jefferson

Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.

— Alice Lowe

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

— Bjork

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups…

— John Oliver

I don't really like British comedy.

— Vic Reeves

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

If somebody has no sense of humor, I think that's a great place to start for British comedy in terms of your character.

— Matt Berry

I'm just an enormous British comedy fan.

— Paul Feig

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered…

— Theodore Zeldin