Cinema Quote by Rajpal Yadav

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule…

— Ari Graynor

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

— Mel Brooks

I do feel like in filmmaking you are largely in control of the perception of you. If you want to be seen as the…

— Leigh Whannell

I don't force humor into a film, it comes naturally to me.

— Priyadarshan

I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh. If I…

— Ken Jeong

I've never considered myself to be naturally funny and it wasn't until I booked my first few jobs in Hollywood that I started thinking,…

— Erick Chavarria

I've never been funny. I don't think I'm funny. People say I'm funny. I go, 'No. No. I'm not.' But again, knowing what it…

— Tamlyn Tomita

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest…

— Paula Patton

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are?…

— Howie Mandel

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident…

— Judah Friedlander

You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not…

— Lance Henriksen