Quotes About Humor

It's often the way that people who take their work seriously laugh at stupid jokes; it's as if they are under-humored and, as a consequence, suffer from premature laugh-ejaculation.

I definitely work pretty hard to stay present and focused. I've also tried to create a life for myself where I'm surrounded by honest, loyal, and funny people, because I like to laugh.

Plus, humor ws a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run aaway. Over and over.

I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.

To be really great, you need to be naturally funny in order to stand out. But you can work at it, and find the best vehicle that you have to communicate what you're saying to people.

I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well.

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance

It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

Warren Beatty once quipped that the best time for a wedding was noon, because if the marriage didn't work, you hadn't screwed up the entire day.

John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.

An amicable divorce is like a ventilated condom; it just doesn't work.

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano.

I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.

I'm just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.

I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I have hundreds of people waiting in line to abuse me!

I've always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It's an island and the audience can't run very far.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

What can I say about Brian Williams. Nothing, because I work for NBC.

Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

I'll work for whoever wants to hire me. Even the jewelry channel.

Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.

Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast.