Quotes About Humor

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy.

I am the funny, crazy person.

Adversity creates comedy.

No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian.

With all comedy, you try to ground it in credibility and reality.

You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the end, and the credits come down, and you're like, 'That's it?! That's the whole thing?! You had me here for that?!' I just don't want to do that.

I'm not aware of having a creepy laugh, but apparently I do.

John Sullivan's scripts were always very funny, and cast and crew got on well.

My dad thought my head looked like a basketball, so he set one inside my crib.

All those Bob Hope specials made me cringe when I was a kid.

'Bridget Jones' is meant to be a funny night out, but with emotional truth. I wanted to make it a classic that you can pick up in 10 years and not cringe over.

Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.

I think that 'Family Guy' and 'The Critic' come from some of the same kind of seed. I don't know what it is.

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a critic's way of thinking.

There's an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That's why comedians seldom criticise each other.

You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism.

'Crocodile Dundee' is about people; it's 10 seconds about crocodiles.

I can cross the line when I'm making fun of people.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.