Quotes About Humor

I'm a GQ fashionista, imagine that? I don't take it seriously.

I'm a bit of a digital imbecile.

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

One doesn't have to resort to cheap imitations of characters or people around you to make others laugh. At least, that is what I've always believed in.

I always enjoy the scenes with Dennis Waterman, particularly when we're playing comedy, we're always finding stuff together and he's very immediate.

When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.

It's not immediately categorisable. I don't know what to say when anyone asks what the 'Boosh' is.

Firstly, I will never leave comedy because I love doing it. Secondly, it's the genre that has given me acceptance and immense love from the audience.

I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral.

I am imperfect. I am funny. I am real.

I'm not really an impersonator.

I can pass myself off as a 'Duck Dynasty' impersonator a lot.

I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.

When you do comedy, you get impervious to good and bad reviews.

The more pain that's referenced or implied, the deeper the laugh can be because the laughter heals the pain. So you've got to have the pain, and then you have the laugh.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

'The Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything.

I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

When I started the 'Hellboy' series way back when, I wasn't really thinking consciously about the humor, but Hellboy does have my personality, and that's an important part of my personality.

It's so important, people laughing.

The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing.