Quotes About Humor

Ricky Gervais is a genius.

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius.

I think David Hewlett is a comedic genius. I think he's great.

All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so.

Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.

My favorite genre is comedy.

I'm biased toward romantic comedies; they're probably my favorite genre.

As much as I'd love to explore other genres, I won't leave comedy. This genre has given me an identity.

While there are different genres of comedy, I am for family entertainment.

Comedy is one of the hardest genres. You can tell if it's working or not. If the director is convinced of the vision, you have to have faith in that.

People love gentle larceny.

I'm an amazing cook. And I'm a gentleman but can belch the entire alphabet. Classy.

Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed.

George Carlin maintained that anything and everything is funny given the right context. This context also includes your own history with a given group. What I can get away with and where I can go is not a problem with my audience because they know me.

I don't like to watch myself on screen because in my mind there is a touch of George Clooney about me, but when I see it, there is more than a little Donkey from 'Shrek' about me.

My eldest daughter Hiziya always makes fun of my German, and I laugh with her. I did not learn the language in school, but in my daily life, from other people.

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

Comedy is more an art of body language and gestures - it is more a performance of an artist than the lines given to him/her.

If I ever try to get married again, shoot me.

I would love to see the first people to get married from HQ. Maybe they'll meet in the chat and name their first child Scott.

I'm looking for a guy who can make me laugh, who knows exactly what he wants, who's ambitious, ready to start a family, ready to get married.