Quotes About Entertainment

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.

I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line.

I only have eight jokes, but I can do 'em over a two-hour period of time.

Most young comedians would be lying to say that they weren't huge Weird Al fans when they were kids. Weird Al is probably the first person I ever realized had a career that was just making jokes.

When I watch a comedy that's just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you're like, 'Eh.'

Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.

I don't like long jokes. I like stories rather than setup punchlines.

My goal is to be exactly how I am offstage - although I realize I'm supposed to punctuate it with jokes.

My favorite moments are the moments everyone cries over. I see people in the audience crying, and I go, 'I did that, too. I don't just do the jokes. I also do the cries.' Jokes and cries, jokes and cries. That's all I'm here for, people.

I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes.

People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.

My job as the host of a rock awards show is not to be as divisive as possible, but certainly you want to be able to interject your jokes and how you feel about stuff.

I actually like jokes as well as things that are sort of fun.

What I'm doing in the work I do, I prefer not to just have a series of jokes. It's nice when audiences can connect with the characters as well.

I want to crack jokes about people. That is my right.

Before, I didn't do celebrity stuff, 'cause Kathy Griffin did that, but now, if you're going to make jokes on Twitter, you have to stay current.

The reality about shooting films is that you can shoot many jokes and decide later which one works. So it's not worth fighting about jokes.

I always like to make some jokes, sometimes.

We only ever write jokes that amuse us.

Writing and telling jokes is my favorite thing to do, and I want to be able to do that forever.

A lot of people get into stand-up as a back door into acting or something. But I really like writing jokes and telling jokes.

Comedians who aren't screenwriters are telling jokes that they themselves think are funny. They're expressing their own view of what they think funny is.

I love making jokes on the Internet.