Quotes About Humor

I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with friends and try not to take myself too seriously.

I'm not that cool in real life. I'm only cool in a goofy way.

The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married.

I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ridiculous things, I make mistakes constantly. But when I'm on stage, I'm at a microphone... it's a joke!

I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

I don't fancy myself as a very sarcastic person in real life.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

The Tracy Morgan you see is the Tracy Morgan in real life. He's a great guy but... man, is he a nut.

It's funny to be playing a mom. I mean, I'm not a mom in real life. I don't even have a dog.

I laugh much more during takes than I do during real life. Maybe because you're not supposed to. I've ruined many takes because I will lose it.

Every time I see somebody behaving truly insanely in real life, I think, 'Yes! I'm not over the top after all!'

I'm not very funny at all in real life.

My joke used to be about my father and Peter Boyle: that anything you see Peter Boyle do on TV, my father has done in real life without pants on.

If I'm really jet-lagged and need to get to sleep, I just try and watch cartoons. As long as it's animated, I don't care - it has to have that distance from real life.

Humor and comedy have always been the best way to deal with real life issues and just reality.

I find that there's so much funny stuff in real life, and I am much more interested in super grounded, real stuff, so now I just want things to feel real and authentic.

The friends in my real life do tend to be smart and funny and creative. I am lucky!

I do comedy for real people.

My friends were the class clowns, but I was the one in class doing Michael Jordan or teachers for no reason. I've always been amazing at impersonating real people, too, rather than celebrities.

Things like 'The Office,' and arguably shows like 'The Only Way Is Essex,' are comedies, just using real people in real situations.

I am fascinated by real people who are really funny.

I'm much more at home with Daffy Duck than I am with a real person.

I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization.