Quotes About Humor

Even in the middle of tragedy, we find moments of humor, moments of tenderness, of simple happiness.

I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin.

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.

There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.

I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and humor and absurdity. I think that's what life is really like. Sadness gets interrupted, and happiness gets interrupted.

I realized I do tragedy better than comedy.

I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

Generally speaking, cancer - not that funny of a thing. When you hear about it, you don't go, 'Oh, hilarious!'... But within that - comedy, tragedy, hand-in-hand.

Our everyday lives exist with comedy and tragedy next to each other.

I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility to escape that darkness. So, for me, humor is an attempt to capture everyday tragedy and everyday hopeful moments that we experience all of the time.

I think funny comes from tragedy and time. And I think that's where I get it. I'm able to take things that are serious and sad, and turn it into funny. In all honesty - this is after a lot of therapy - I think that, you know, I need love from something, and so now, I find it through performing.

Chuck Lorre and everyone else on 'Mom' did such a great job of balancing that line that rides tragedy and comedy. They make you cry, and then they make you crack up about it.

Some of the best comedy comes from squeezing humour from tragedy and struggle, but the main pursuit of comedy should be laughter.

I think if you understand your role, comedy won't create any tragedy.

I never did comedy or tragedy. I just live a situation and my mission is to entertain people.

If your timing is not correct then comedy will become tragedy.

Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what's funny and what's tragic. And what's ordinary and what's not - the big things in the small things.

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.

If you ruin the main course of a dinner party, it ain't all that tragic. Just laugh!