Quotes About Humor

I haven't done much comedy; I would love to. I love doing dramatic roles, but I'd love to do comedy. I think it would be refreshing.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

A lot of the 'Portlandia' characters and a lot of the moments aren't really TV-worthy, but that's what is so refreshing about seeing them.

I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

I can play a cat lady. I can't put my foot down and refuse to play anything but playing the perfect, well-adjusted woman, because those people aren't as fun or funny.

Mum was nuts - you'd get a bucket of water over you if you refused to get out of bed.

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.

If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you don't have a regime.

Humor is always important. There are people who help us deal with difficulty or hardship; from the concentration camps to the court jester, there was a need for humor. As long as these kinds of things exist, with repressive regimes, you need it to deal with the weight of daily life.

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice.

If I was fat and had a strong regional accent and was a bloke, I'd be a stand-up. Because I think I'm funny.

I'm never afraid to try something if I think it's funny. And I know I'll regret it if I don't.

So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.

Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of the deal. I'm not really sure what's going to come out of my mouth.

My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

My only ambition was to get to 50, and not regret not having had a crack at being a comic.

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

I love being a regular on 'Chelsea Lately!'

Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live.

Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental.