Quotes About Humor

There's always a source for humor.

It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim.

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!

I learnt in South America and in Africa that people who have really big problems in the ghetto always keep a sense of humour and remain positive. If not, you go down.

If you put me in 'South Park,' that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.

You know, I've never seen South Park, just by coincidence.

If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar has been set so high.

'South Park' is so hilarious... I remember when it first came out: that show changed television forever.

Now 'South Park' - they are interested in blasphemy. They're interested in creating offence for its own sake.

We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of concert halls and don't go to classical music concerts because of such reasons. However, there is a 'serious humor' on the stage: funny and ridiculous. That is important!

I'm kinda disapointed that Canada isn't like the South Park movie said it was.

If they asked me, I would do anything for the 'South Park' guys.

I'm so Southern that I'm related to myself. I'm actually my own cousin.

What I do onstage, there's maybe .0001 percent of the population that acts like that. I talk like that because it makes me laugh, and because I know a couple of people that talk like that. They're really that Southern. And they do funny things. I love 'em; they're awesome. They're good people.

I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.

What I do is not regional comedy, and it is not based in the southern area.

My show is not all about the cerebral palsy, but it definitely comes from that point of view. I tried to do my show from a Southern belle point of view, but that didn't work quite right.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist.

Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.

I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.

The whole ability to look at the complexity of race and any sort of associated -ism and still find humor, that's a very interesting space.

If you're going to do a spaghetti legs routine where else but in Rome to do it. The home of spaghetti!