Quotes About Humor

I've ruined many Thanksgivings!

I'm not running for canonisation.

Every comic delves into the personal archive when their imagination runs dry.

Putting my head on Ruth Buzzi's body - it's upsetting.

I read the horoscope, and when I like it I smile and when I don't like it, I say, 'Dr. Ruth Westheimer, what's the matter with you?'

I think what makes me so appealing is the audience doesn't expect me to be so ruthless.

Everything needs to be lampooned. I believe that there's not any sacred ground.

The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.

Great comedy is always sadistic.

I think there's almost nothing that I won't, sadly, do for a laugh. It's a problem, actually.

I don't really know, I was thinking about that the other day that there aren't a lot of younger up and comers that I'm that interested in, in the comedy world. Everyone seems to be trying to play it safe.

I think you can safely joke about anything. Mostly.

I don't want to do something for the sake of doing it. I want it to be a great role and I want it to be really funny - or dramatic - but I mean I want it to be something really, really special.

A bad laugh is a laugh for the sake of a laugh that's out of character.

I was a car salesman, if you can believe it.

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing.

Adults will not necessarily laugh at the same thing as their children.

Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.

What I've found is that humans do laugh at the same things everywhere.

Put me up against Sarah Silverman and I could take her.

I really enjoy Sarah Silverman's fearlessness.

Sarah Silverman makes me laugh out loud every time I see her.

Sarah Niles is a rock. She's just great. And she's actually quite a hoot, off-camera.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.