Comedy Quote by Jesse Armstrong

There's a lot of ordinariness, and people tend to play to the same regressive tropes - sexism, patriarchy, unkindness to the oppressed. Comedy shouldn't…

— Varun Grover

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

— Hannah Gadsby

Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down.

— George Carlin

Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.

— Kate Bush

And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of…

— Jeff Daniels

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

— Steve Coogan

Class has always been a staple of British comedy. We've always been able to laugh at it. When British shows are translated to America,…

— Dick Clement

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then…

— Michael Caine

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…

— Whit Stillman

People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not writing about…

— Julia Davis

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

— Michael Patrick King

Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

— Al Franken