Quotes About Humor

Everybody's asking me what type of shampoo I use, and I'm like... 4 years of buildup right here.

My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.

I think some people see me as being some kind of lovable, bumbling buffoon, and I'm actually quite mouthy and sharp, and that doesn't compute.

I've got to get on myself to be sharp, funny and loose.

There is a big old joke around the 'Loose Women' team that I never shave my legs.

I love Sherri Shepherd as Lula.

I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.

I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.

Shirley! Don't call me Shirley!

I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.

It's easy to scare people. It's easy to shock them. But making people laugh and making them feel is a big challenge.

What you don't think when you sit down to write a show is, 'How can I be shocking?' That question isn't interesting, it's all about, 'Is this funny, does it work?'

I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh first; otherwise, they will shoot you.

I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

I'd love to see myself on sale in shops. It tickles me, does the idea of me being marketed.

Life is short and so am I.

Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

With a lot of those 'S.N.L.' shorts, we would do them just as we wanted to do them and then beep out the bad words. Since it was late night T.V., they let us get away with a lot.

Big shout out to Nas: if you want to scream my name out again and put my name in your rhyme, I think it's funny. Let's make some money from it. Just don't take it so serious, man.

Never in my life did I think I would be walking down the street and people would shout 'Jesus!' at me in the street. It's quite amusing.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.