Believe Quote by Jamie Demetriou

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

I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist onstage, there…

— Nish Kumar

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

— Louis C. K

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

— Paul Lynde

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

— Alice Lowe

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

— June Whitfield

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

— Tim Heidecker

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom

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

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like…

— Scott Thompson

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

— Catherine Keener