Quotes About Humor

The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.

Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.

It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder.

When I was younger, I was nervous and didn't have a huge amount of confidence as an actor. Comedy is something - you know when you're getting it right because you can hear. And you can hear if you're not getting it right! I like to create interesting, weird characters, and they're often best in comedies.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

As a kid, I drew comics. I had curly hair. I liked to joke, but I was kind of nervous about it at first until it was coaxed out of me.

I'll be honest: I don't even really know what 'Netflix and chill' means.

I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix.

Network was just never the right fit with what I think is funny.

I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn't come as second nature. I work at those kinds of films. It doesn't mean I can't do them - I've done two now, and I have a great time doing them, but I just find myself a little bit more neurotic.

Successful comedians are just as neurotic as I am.

As a comedian and satirist you have to be neutral, because everyone's fair game. Once you show bias, you lose that.

I'll never forget my first moment of looking out on a convention audience with my mouth open like they were kidding me.

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously.

We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

I never take myself too seriously.

Scottish crowds are always a good laugh: they never take life too seriously, and there's always great banter.

I love to laugh and I will never take myself too seriously.

I'm a dummy from New Jersey.