Confidence Quote by Zach Anner

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff…

— Matthew Perry

Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it…

— Catherine Tate

Keeping a sense of humor about life. My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me…

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me.

— Pandora Boxx

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty…

— Tim Hawkins

I used humor as survival, as a weapon and as comfort.

— Joel McHale

My humor isn't meant to be mean or hurt anyone. But it's to make them uncomfortable and laugh. I like making people feel a…

— Charlyne Yi

I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in…

— Michelle Gomez

One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a sweetener. So…

— Neil Gaiman

The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. I was an obedient girl, and humor was my one…

— Tina Fey

My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's…

— Zach Anner

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the…

— Tracy Morgan