Quotes About Entertainment

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits are funny and which bits need to be fixed.

I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.

Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

I miss being able to wake up when I want and go on stage when I want and pull down my pants when I want.

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent, a director, an actor.

You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.' Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie: no reading.

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.

I feel things can always be funny, but that's probably because I have some kind of leftover childhood need to make people laugh. For somebody like me, that's the thing you excel at.

Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.

The media know exactly what they're doing, focusing our attention on Arsenio's hairdo. We need to keep our brains brimming with rubbish. If we didn't, we might think about things.

Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.

Heath Slater, or the chick from Wendy's

The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.

The dog is dressed just like me at the climax of my act.