Quotes About Humor

I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

Even the best comedians aren't always sure what is going to be funny, what is going to work. So that means they're constantly and trying and failing in order to get there.

I didn't know how to necessarily make good robots and I was scared of failing to make good robots, so I thought I might as well make bad robots to kind of alleviate the pressure of that.

Because such a massive part of stand-up is trying and failing first, I'm not putting as much pressure on. Just going out and doing it is enough.

When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.

I really think everything is fair game.

As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.

I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.

The thing with physical comedy is that you have to actually try to do the thing you're trying to do - you can't fake it.

I don't tend to read much comedy, but there's a fake advertisement section at the end of Derren Brown's book 'Pure Effect' which always makes me cry with laughter every time I come across it.

I really like 'Community.' I like the way they're allowed to have a week when they go crazy and use stop-frame animation or a different pastiche. There's an episode with a fake clip show.

To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.

Who wouldn't fall in love with me?

I have no real enemies in comedy, but there are a couple of people who I'd laugh about if I heard that their legs had fallen off.

I've fallen to make people laugh. Often.

Our comedy is just falling over, funny faces, arguments, all the comedy basics, really.

I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.

Especially in these times of austerity and the world feels like it's falling apart, it's good for people to have a laugh.

I always watch Dean Martin's show... just to see if he falls down.

I used to do a lot of pratfalls on stage. And I tell you, when a guy with cerebral palsy falls down on stage on purpose - nobody ever knows if it was real or not.

There's always something interesting about comedy teams that have the exact same energy. The one time I really noticed that was Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in 'Step Brothers.'