Quotes About Humor

It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, 'Do you know the hidden gems?' Like, if you knew the Pixies in the '80s.

I can't even find someone for a platonic relationship, much less the kind where someone wants to see me naked.

I feel like sarcasm is important in a relationship.

I used to do an impersonation of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage in a romantic relationship.

Most comics point out what everyone else is thinking but hadn't thought of verbalizing. I guess, in a way, that makes most comics seers. It just depends in what category - some choose to be the seers of relationships, some are seers of racial issues, and some are seers of political issues.

I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud, ballsy, hammy ridiculousness came from. I'm just glad I followed my goals and my parents did too. It's not like we even had a plan when I dragged my mom to Los Angeles.

All my relatives and friends have been pretty aware of my brand of humor for a while, so none of them have been shocked.

Did you hear the one about the elderly Jew on his deathbed who sent for a priest, after declaring to his astonished relatives that 'I want to convert.' Asked why he would become a Catholic, after living all his life as a Jew, he answered: 'Better one of them should die than one of us.'

When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children.

What I have always liked about Italians is the way they are serious when they need to be but know how to relax and have a laugh, too.

Relax, Georgie, I'm just making my collar and cuffs match.

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more.

I want people to talk about my comedy, about cancer, about body issues, about scars, because cancer, it's a big deal, but scars are not a big deal. My skin healed. Relax, you know? That's all it is.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.

My natural self is John Goodman. If I relaxed, I'd be him.

I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.

I have always been more relaxed around comedy.

For most part of my stint as KKR leader, I have always been one of the boys: easy-going, relaxed, and a bit of a prankster.

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

Everyone has the same kind of fears; everyone has the same big problems in the world, which is, like, fear of death and 'I hope horrible things don't happen to my family,' but they do. And I think people laugh at them as this great release.

Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.