Quotes About Humor

I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.

I suppose there are times when I can't believe that I've lived the way that I have and done the things that I've done. Life's a joke anyway. It's all ridiculous. It's all so short.

Everybody laughs all the time, and some of the worst things that happen make you laugh 'cause it's a defense isn't it, I suppose.

What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?

I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to make it interesting.

I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries.

I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.

I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed - the whole thing supposedly takes place in her bedroom at her parents house in Duluth, MN. I thought it was great and really strange - to have a comedy special without having to leave your bed.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully.

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

You don't even have to be a lawyer to be on the Supreme Court, which I think is hilarious.

I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath.

I'm not sure if I'm an introvert or extrovert. I love being around people, but sometimes I do need to go off and fart.

Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'

There are probably about 50 comedians who would come to my 50th birthday party but I'm not sure how many of them would come to my funeral.

I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.

What I've always loved are movies like 'When Harry Met Sally'... and 'The Sure Thing.'

People say that I'm quite grumpy and negative on stage and that I surely can't be like that off it, but I really am.

Surely there's a difference between cocky and lively and entertaining.

Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the other half is a lot darker, sadder and more pensive. It's the dark side that feeds the outrageousness and allows it to surface. I think that's true for anyone with comic flair.