Quotes About Humor

I'm not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.

I don't write so much now. I'm getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia.

I am not with child - I am with pot belly.

I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head.

My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head.

What I really want, what I always really want, is baked potato and grilled cheese. But then I'd be really fat.

I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

I won't attempt something that could be potentially offensive; 80 per cent of comedy can happen without hurting anyone's sentiments. Only a few people can't take it in the right spirit.

None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I'm a regular at the pound shop!

I'm secretly like 800 pounds and 90 years old.

Mark Wahlberg's, like, 150 pounds! I'm 250 lean. I look like Mark Wahlberg ate Mark Wahlberg.

I run into guys all the time that say, 'Me and my three buddies started fat shaming each other and we collectively lost 130 pounds.'

In a band with humor, it's easy to be a caricature, especially when you've been around as long as we have. But we sing those songs as genuine as we can, always from the heart. When we do the fish sounds in 'Rock Lobster,' Cindy and I are pouring our hearts out.

I feel like there is something about having a copacetic world POV that helps in making a comedy. Like, David Wain has such a particular way of looking at the world. It helps when everyone can see behind his eyes, you know?

Money can't buy poverty.

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

That's what people forget about, is that when things are very, very powerful in a sad way, they have that possibility of also being over-the-top, hysterically funny.

Making people laugh, I think, is very powerful.

I consider it, the life of being a comedian - they have a right to boo me.

I don't think people shouldn't try to be edgy, but you have to take what the audience says to you in consideration.

My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also the, 'Mmm - I didn't take that into consideration.'

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.

I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize that comedy magicians usually couldn't do comedy or magic.