Quotes About Humor

We can write idiots quite well.

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

Freddie Prinze was my idol, and he died, and there is not much of his stuff to look at. But now, your comedy can live on forever.

Dan Aykroyd is a comedy icon and one of my idols of all time, but I also know that he's an incredibly great actor.

The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols.

Oh my gosh, if I could be on '30 Rock', my life would be made. That is my favorite show. My absolute favorite show.

I feel like I don't really have a sense of humor... I don't know if I could characterize it dark or light. I just - I do like humor.

I would love to just watch episodes of 'Horsin' Around' if I could.

Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.

I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.

Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it.

If I could go to dinner with one person, alive or dead, I think I would choose alive.

If I could do a sort of comical musical, that would be everything!

I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

People who have any kind of illness use humor as a type of coping.

I could have played Dot as a very dreary woman with a list of illnesses, but I played her with an edge, so it was funny.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

I was a big 'MAD Magazine' fan when I was a kid, and I read a lot of horror comics - I illustrated as well.

I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.

Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour.

I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.

I like cartoons. I like 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.' It's funny! It has things that kids wouldn't get. It's like, if you're mature, you get it. I like that and 'The Fairly OddParents.'

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.