Quotes About Humor

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

I know all the words to 'I'm on a Boat.'

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

I come from a time when people like Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby told stories that were devastatingly funny without being off-color.

I like working with Bob Odenkirk.

I wrote 'Pumpkins' with Bobby Moynihan and Streeter Seidell.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

I like Robo Shankar - he evokes laughter, he has a unique body language and style. I loved all scenes of his in 'Maari.'

I've learned to start from a really sound argument, boil down the essence of what you're trying to say, then build your humor around that, rather than starting with, 'This sounds funny,' and going from there.

It took me eight books to finally be at a point in my career where I could come out with a book and say, 'This is meant to be a funny book,' and we didn't have to make any bones about it.

Comedy is in my bones.

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

When we did 'Boomerang,' which is one of my favorite scenes, the whole dinner scene was ad-libbed.

I'm all about simple, elegant, and effective, and when I wear the rubber boot on my head, it draws a lot of attention.

I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be entertained. I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

Some people think I'm dumb, but I feel like things I say, especially on Twitter, are done purposely, because I'm bored.

Being in comedy you don't get any chance to be bored. You have a fun-filled day and at the same time enjoy the work.

Driving around with a receding hairline and two kids in a Prius feels a bit boring for me.

My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss.

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'

Like they say, boss is always right. In case of marriage, wife is always right.

I think I am a smart aleck because I grew up close enough to Boston, and most people from Massachusetts talk fast, and I have a little bit of a wiseacre, and I think I'm a little bit like that.

Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

I don't mind it so much if I get type cast as an authority figure. I get to do comedy no matter what it is, so it doesn't bother me.