Critical Quote by Peter Eisenman

I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in…

— George Mikes

I know a lot about Jewish comedians.

— Dana Snyder

Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.

— Alan King

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

— Sacha Baron Cohen

An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American humor, some…

— Terry Gross

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that…

— Fred Melamed

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know.…

— Ben Feldman

Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?

— Paul Lynde

Have you seen the film Histoires D'Amérique? It's also a mixture of humor and monologue, and it shows how the Jewish humor comes from…

— Chantal Akerman

I'm not a big believer in the sense of Jews having a monopoly on comedy.

— Woody Allen

I'm totally comfortable not being as funny as Larry David.

— Jeff Garlin

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.

— Camille Paglia