Quotes About Humor

I think people were just seriously happy to find a funny woman who does comedy like a man. Because I learned how to do comedy from guys, from watching those Dean Martin roasts years ago.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

When I phoned up and said, 'Mum, I'm doing a 52-date national tour with Eddie Izzard,' she said 'That's nice, dear. How are you?'

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

The '80s was a great decade for comedy.

We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling.

The two worst enemies of comedy are lack of sleep and not having had a decent meal.

I'm a big fan of Amy Sedaris, and one of her decorating mainstays is to put googly eyes on everything.

Constance Wu is so dedicated, Anna Kendrick is ridiculously funny, and Blake Lively is magnetic.

I'm a real goof-ball deep down. It's always been my thing to make people like me.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

I grew up with SpongeBob - it came out in 1999, right before I turned 7. So it's been a part of my life and all my friends' lives and defined our humor, in a way.

What I like to think I've done is try to teach all women and my three female daughters, to teach them to rise above stuff, to find things that move you, to bring humor and laughter to everything that you do, and to realize that no other person defines you. Find what's great about yourself, and band together as women.

I am a degenerate, and I know that.

Things that go on at Happy Times are very funny this year, and if you were watching last year, some of the people you saw then as basically extras emerge as real characters in their own right this season, at least to some degree.

When I started, I was very deliberate about making friends with people like John Mulaney who were really funny and wanted to go up and do as many open mics as I did.

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

When you buy my books, you kind of know what you're in for. It's kind of self-selecting. If you have a delicate sensibility, and you're easily grossed out, you probably will never read one of my books.

I met Amy Winehouse a few times and she was always funny, charming and self-deprecating - just a delight to be around.

'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides left me both moved and, at times, laughing out loud in delight.