Quotes About Humor

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax

I think people who work in comedy and humor are hesitant to analyze it too much, because you feel like if you take it apart, you'll break it and not be able to put it back together again.

The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner!

My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year.

You don't want to just do a joke because it works - we can make a lot of jokes work - you want to do a joke because it will hopefully build into an argument.

I used to work at a health food store. I got fired for drinking straight Bosco on the job.

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

Never work with animals or children.

Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle. Valerie: Think it'll work? Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.

As soon as I got funny, I killed any majestic intentions in my work.

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.

I kinda feel like an idiot sometimes. Although I am an idiot, so it kinda works out.

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

I think the reward for doing comedy is doing the comedy itself. You get to go to work everyday and laugh and make other people laugh and to me there's no greater reward than that.

Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off.

I go to pick up a girl in a bar. I say will you go home with me? She says I don't know, do you have cable? I say no, but the rope should work just fine.

If Bob Dylan really is an historian in and of himself in his work, in his performances, he is also an historian with a unique sense of humor. There's always been a bit of a stand-up comic in him.

Shouldn't "it works like a charm" be said about things that don't work?

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

I would love to work with Kristin Wiig one day. I find her hilarious, and I totally idolize her.

Focus on your work. Be the best you that you can be. Develop a thick skin and let things roll off your back. And keep a sense of humor!

It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.