Quotes About Humor

I think the fundamental issue with comedians is everyone wants to be a famous comedian. That's a really difficult thing to achieve in comedy.

I do really like serio-comic movies that treat real difficulties in a real way.

I use humor as a way to digest anything.

Comedy is essentially about watching a bunch of people who you really love lose their dignity.

I turned down 'Come Dine With Me' because I can't cook.

I have to go out for lunch and dinner because I can't cook. I need a woman to come and save me from my cooking.

It's not easy to direct in another language, especially comedy.

I only direct in self-defense.

Me and my roommate wrote and directed a little short comedy called 'The Elevator.'

A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.

I like writing and directing. I enjoy telling stories, and I think it's born in a comedian to end up directing.

When you're a comic doing a special, it's like you're directing your first movie.

I don't even consider directing Burt. I just say, 'Hey, Burt, the camera's here. Read the joke and let's get onto the next shot.'

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting is Luis Bunuel. He's a very great director.

Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors - one of my favorite directors that I've worked with to date.

Bob Saget is the dirtiest comic who's ever lived. Nobody touches him.

I've never been a dirty comic.

My dad saw 'A Dirty Shame.' I felt bad about my father knowing what 'felching' was.

I like an English sense of humor: dry, dirty, a little bit off. That's kind of my taste.

So okay, the world through my eyes, what is that world? Well, I see a lot of dirty stuff, and I see a lot of dumb stuff.

I wanted to do work that elevated. Otherwise, it's cheap funny. It's dirty funny. It's degrading funny.

There are so many times where I may share a dirty joke or laugh at one, but the due restriction has to be there in one's head when it comes to the larger audience.

Stand-up's a lottery - you think it's funny but the audience can disagree.