Actor Quote by James Burrows

As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny.…

— Ed Helms

It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the…

— David Walliams

There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice…

— Jake M. Johnson

Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction of some…

— Richard Herring

If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with…

— Christopher Guest

You can crack a joke and make a person smile but it matters a lot when that's on screen. It can be a very…

— Jitendra Kumar

Always warm up the audience with a joke....If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that it's a…

— Jacob M. Appel

I know what I want to talk about, but I don't really know what's funny about a joke until I perform it in front…

— James Acaster

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling…

— Michael Showalter

I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come out of…

— Lewis Black

Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny…

— Mel Brooks

There are practical things which contribute to a joke's funniness. People will find a joke funnier if they are sitting closer together, if it's…

— Ben Miller