Comedy Quotes

You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.

I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare.

Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.

Funny how internal scars never healed. They were the souvenirs of the past.

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.

I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have "lifestyles."

I would love to do a really cool romantic comedy, perhaps with Hugh Grant. I think he is brilliant. That's the kind of film I love to go to see. I love 'girls' films.

I've only made short films and two features, which are very different. One is a surreal comedy, and the other is a period tragedy. I'm curious to know what misconceptions this could trigger

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off my poetry, and then people thought I was funny, so I ran with it.

This is the funny thing about Skype. No one is really looking into the camera. People always looking down because they're looking at the image. You wish the camera was there in the center.

I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the mix, it just opens up all sorts of doors for them to bond.

Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

You can only be embarrassed if you allow yourself to be embarrassed. If you embrace it and just accept that you're kind of a klutz, and you're able to make it into comedy gold.

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

I have to step out for a second. Don’t do anything funny while I’m gone.

Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?

That's the funny thing about knowing you can't have something. It makes you desperate.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want to do something in order to prove to other people what I can do.

I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy.

Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.

I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.

Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the middle of sadness.

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

I think you need to have the guts to not use comedy. Often, the people that work in comedy use a joke to avoid contemplation.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

It's funny, when people talk about the 70s I can tell you the year of every album but when it comes to the later efforts I can't remember the exact years, it's funny isn't it?

There's a lot more to me than just funny.

With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes.

I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.

I'm drawn to more than I'm allowed to do or asked to do, or probably should do. My whole career has been comedy, of a kind. I guess I've always existed in that world.

Comedy is king. It has to be.