Quotes About Humor

It's kind of ironic that if I get my Ph.D., I'll be a real doctor.

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep you at arm's length. They can be really funny, but they're not really nourishing.

Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They're sort of commenting as they're playing the character. I think it's hard not to do that. I've certainly done that.

I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to be funny.

I have quite a collection of ironic band T shirts.

Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic because a fox often appears on Donald Trump's head.

I have never considered myself English Both my husband and my son say I don't understand English humour, and they don't always understand what I think is funny, or when I'm being ironic.

I am the biggest klutz on set. I honestly don't think I have ever been as klutzy as when I'm on set. People call me 'Grace' ironically because I'm not graceful. It's ridiculous.

Life is full of ironies and absurdities.

I like the irony in my work.

Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

I'm not into cartoons. That's the irony of it.

Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

The irony is that we're really good at comedy in Britain, but for some reason, we make very few comedy films. And when we do, they're either quite American in style, or very Richard Curtis. And I like Richard Curtis, but I think only Richard Curtis should write Richard Curtis films, and other people should try and find their own style.

I love irony.

'Irony' is such an over-used word.

'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be denigrated. And they also know how to play irony, which I think a lot of English actors might find quite difficult.