Quotes About Humor

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself.

The mad thing is, most of my life, when I'm not in a dark mood, it's been humour that's got me through. The only way to get through this business is by laughing.

I like making jokes and setting the mood in the locker room. That's important when you know that you spend a lot of time together. It makes everyday life more fun and enjoyable.

What came out of 'The LEGO Movie' was the idea of 'Batman's the Dark Knight', so why is he so moody? What's going on? Why is he so banged up? And wouldn't it be fun to get in there and explore that?

'New Moon' was such a serious, depressing movie that people felt we had lost a little humor of the books.

That's how I hope to die: on my deathbed, watching 'Real Housewives of the Moon.'

Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.

Oh, I like Roger Moore - he's cheeky.

When you're being earnest, people think you're being sarcastic, and when you're being sarcastic, they think you're being earnest. The moral in all this, of course, is that people should never attempt to communicate.

I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian.

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.

I'm becoming more and more confident and am falling more and more in love with the whole world of comedy, and I think that's something that I really want to explore a lot more.

Having started in theatre, for a long time I wanted to be a classical actress. But I've always loved making people laugh - at school, I was quite mischievous, and bit by bit, I found myself working more and more in comedy.

More and more, I find that I love doing comedies; that instant gratification that you get on stage when they laugh at you feels really good.

It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.

More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.

The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

The more real it is, the funnier it is. The more awkward it is, the more people are stumbly, the funnier it is. I like a sharp joke, but it has to say something that someone would actually say.

I love giggling more than anything in the world. It's my favorite thing in the world to do.

Actually, for me, it's really funny because I play characters with mommy issues more than anything, and I have a great relationship with my mom!

I loved Charles Addams more than anything. Still love him.