Family Quote by Seth MacFarlane

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

— Seth MacFarlane

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty.

— John Waters

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking and dirty.…

— John Waters

I don't think any comedy is ever shocking. I don't buy that. That's just what people brand it, when someone is saying something they…

— Jim Norton

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

— Seth MacFarlane

I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I…

— George Carlin

It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy.…

— Tom Green

I've never sat down with the intent of trying to shock or anything like that; it just so happens that the sense of humour…

— Jim Jefferies

Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it.

— Jonathan Krisel

What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy.

— Lenny Bruce

Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it,…

— George Carlin

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The…

— Matt Groening