Agree Quote by Paul F. Tompkins

When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst.

— Paul F. Tompkins

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

Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God. Do they…

— Colin Jost

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep…

— Will Durst

I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I…

— Jenny Eclair

Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I…

— Michael Frayn

People are funny, and in the most tragic situations, when comedy erupts from nowhere, it can turn on its head within the space of…

— Sally Hawkins

So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find…

— Scott Aukerman

The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions that people…

— Abe Burrows

It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love…

— Jimmy Carr

I hate it when people come to comedy shows thinking it's going to be simply all about laughing at jokes.

— Deon Cole

Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think…

— Paul Feig