Quotes About Funny

Thing is, I'm a funny actor, but I'm not good at being funny. I'm going to ramble for a second: I'm an actor who can make things funny in the moment, like in stakes or in circumstances or out of character.

When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script.

I tend to develop my rambling anecdotes by actually getting up and performing them. That's the joy/horror of stand up - if you have the germ of an idea that you think might be funny, there is a way of finding out if it's funny very quickly.

I prefer comedy acting definitely. I love stand up but I think Im just at home a bit more with comedy acting which is possibly why I love it more.

It's really frustrating when you write a show and it's really funny and someone and from Standards and Decency says, 'You can't put that in because it has a naughty word.'

'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.

In the entertainment industry, there is this fear of getting older, because we have high definition television now, and you can see things that the human eye can't even pick up. But the good thing about standup is that the older you get, the funnier you get.

The role of a comedian is to go in and make something funny. That might be a situation where I'm writing, a situation where I'm in control, like standup or something of my own that I'm making, or it might be something like being an actor in someone else's project.

When I was in New York, I got to see Joan Rivers do an hour of material, and it blew my mind. I don't remember how old she was at the time, but she just had this edgy hour that had so much funny stuff in it, and she was so fearless. If you only watch her on the red carpet, you don't get a sense of what a legendary standup comedian she is.

This man's wife told him, "For Christmas, surprise me." On Christmas Eve he leaned over where she was sleeping and said, "Boo!"

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

I suppose I would like to be remembered as one of the funniest men that people have seen on television.

My father was the funniest man I ever met. He made Redd Foxx look like an undertaker.

But there's no doubt that children have an innate sense of humor. No matter how young they are, they always know when something's really funny.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

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Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

I got all sorts of great Nebraska jokes.

I watch a lot of comedy; I'm a comedy nerd and have watched a lot of it over the years.

I auditioned for the leading role in 'The Kissing Booth' that came out on Netflix, funny enough.

Put me on the Food Network - I'll be the funniest guy talking about food. I don't care.

Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.

It was Nick Willing's intention to make 'Hatter' as sarcastically British funny as he could.