Bother Quote by Pandora Boxx

With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

— Judd Apatow

I think the reason I became funny was because if I made people laugh, they would let me keep talking.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in…

— Michelle Gomez

I think I used comedy as a mechanism: if I could make the other kids laugh, I wouldn't get beaten up or teased as…

— Paul Rudd

In high school, you re either a bully, a jock or a nerd, and I somehow tried to jump between camps by using humor.…

— David Hewlett

Comedy comes from childhood only. The humour genes you are born with remain with you. I was always making mischief and making people laugh.

— Johnny Lever

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

— Alan King

I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come…

— Anonymous

Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself.

— Kurt Vonnegut

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not…

— Christopher Guest

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

— John Waters

Whatever I did, I always gravitated toward trying to be funny. If I was with friends, we were joking around. If I wrote for…

— Colin Jost