Character Quote by Matt Groening

Comedy is only as stupid as you are smart.

— Brian Celio

For people who have done comedy after a certain point in time, I think there's a base level of, 'O.K., I think I'm decently…

— Will Ferrell

Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh. Comedy has…

— Brett Gelman

I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and…

— Patricia Richardson

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

— Madeline Kahn

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

— Robin McLeavy

That's the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid

— Megan Mullally

The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are just a…

— Dane Cook

In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it.…

— Jon Lovitz

The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will be.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I think that's something that people don't realize enough about when they get into comedy - it's not just about sitting back and observing…

— Brett Gelman

That's the nature of comedy. You always want to be improving and growing and changing with what's happening in the world. That's when comedy…

— Margaret Cho