Quotes About Humor

On 'Late Night,' it's like we're all in on the joke. That's what I wanted it to be. I'm not doing something sneaky. Inside jokes, I don't like those. We can all ride together, and everyone's on the same thing going, 'Aha, I know where you're going here.'

You get used to such micro-aggressions, those sneaky remarks. Especially in comedy: when the mood is meant to be light you can get accused of not being able to take a joke.

I'm recovering from a cold. I'm so full of penicillin that, if I sneeze, I'll cure someone.

I love a sneeze.

My jokes have definitely changed. 'SNL' has helped with that, because when you're on 'SNL,' you have to kind of pay attention to the news. I feel like my material has gotten smarter now.

Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent.

I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up.

My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.

I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was.

Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.

My parents introduced me to 'SNL,' Monty Python, and Richard Pryor probably way earlier than they had any right to.

I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.

My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.

If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode.

Comedy did a lot of things for me. I mean, 'SNL'? Not too bad. Not too shabby with this comedy thing. I have really worked on my comedy and really upped it some notches.

The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.

There are some really funny women at 'SNL,' man.

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

If I could work with Eddie Murphy on 'SNL,' I think I could quit comedy forever. For me and my generation, he's God.

I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out.

I really just love dumb humor. I watch a lot of SNL.

SNL' and 'Half-Baked' came and certainly brought me a bigger audience. But I lost the perspective of being a real good comedian.

I wanted to do a Chris Farley movie where he's in rehab for half of the film, and for the other half of the movie, he's doing his 'SNL' stuff and his movies.

I would love to do 'SNL.'