Quotes About Humor

I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.

Trying to look cool and lovely in comedy is a recipe for disaster. You have to let go.

There's this little recipe that you have to hit pretty well to get somebody to laugh. And it's a combination of the way in which you say something, with the facial expression that you have, married with the body language that you have, etc.

Being extremely honest is quite funny. But there's no recipe or concept that I can bring up that fully defines what we find humorous. It's instinctive.

A few people have said my granddad looks like me, but I reckon he's far better looking.

I reckon there could be an entire 'It'll Be Alright On The Night' programme dedicated to me on 'The Chase.'

I reckon I'm actually one of the least funny in my family.

Christopher Walken would make a bed time story pretty interesting I reckon.

I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning.

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

I recognise the pure gold that runs in Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's work for 'Outnumbered' on TV. And on radio, I really enjoy John Finnemore.

Comedy is important, and I do not want to end up being recognised for just one genre.

I never get recognised. I must have one of those forgettable faces, ha! And that's not a bad thing.

When you feel the need to moan and groan, laugh with woeful recognition and eat flaky pastries. If you hear yourself taking the art of complaining a little too seriously, ask yourself what you're trying to accomplish, exactly.

It is really sad that there's no recognition at the national level for comedy.

You would have to be born with a gene that doesn't allow you to recognize sarcasm if you take anything I say seriously.

There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.

I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.

On stage, I'm me. I'm a husband, I'm a dad, I'm a guy, I'm a mess - but I am a cohesive thing that you recognize as one human entity saying these things that he generally believes.

I usually get recognized for Spaceballs.

My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about me, I should just go to the airport! That is where I am most recognized.

I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.

What's funny is I still, more than anything, get recognized for 'The Mighty Ducks.' I love it. When I was younger, I would get embarrassed. I played sports growing up, and I'd be playing baseball, and the other team would be quacking at me and stuff.