Character Quote by Patti Harrison

Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to…

— Wendy Wasserstein

When you're doing comedy, you're not trying to be funny. I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously. I…

— Rachel Weisz

People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.

— Mark Ruffalo

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

— Don Rickles

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their…

— Anne Beatts

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

— Jim Morrison

Interestingly it's when you come to the comedy, that's where a lot of the discussion is. It's like ten people sitting around talking about…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

— Adam McKay

There are so many different ways of making people laugh and sometimes you sit down to watch something that everyone says is hilarious and…

— Limmy

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned…

— Victoria Chang

I think a lot of comedy is about making fun of people at the expense of somebody.

— Phil Dunster

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits…

— John Cleese