Quotes About Comedy

I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?

I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school.

I did clown training for months.

I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.

I think I was always the class clown.

I'd never been the class clown and comedy was not a fulfilment of a dream.

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the biggest, juiciest laughs, and then leave.

I think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think.

I hate clowns.

Class clowns become actors.

I've never gone to comedy clubs.

It used to be that in comedy you had to play the clubs and work your way up, but now, before you do the clubs, you can put something up on the Internet. It's public access times a million.

Comedy clubs can be brutal. Those people are for real, and if you aren't funny, they aren't laughing. They don't care who you are.

I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments.

But I loved 'Clueless'. I still think 'Clueless' is a great movie.

I take class at the Groundlings, and my personal coach is Lesley Kahn.

Every show that I have been blessed to do I just get fun out of it like 'Girl Code/Guy Code'.

I was so cold the other day, I almost got married.

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it.

I think the key to working with my husband is that collaboration in comedy is best.

Everything I write in my show is a collaboration with a team.

We thought why don't we just make ourselves the marks of the show. Have our three friends turn the screws on each of us and let the collateral embarrassment be the source of the comedy.

I started doing stand-up in college.

I spent a lot of time quasi-fascinated with characters who were super-dumb and super-cocky. I always liked that combination.