Quotes About Comedy

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a critic's way of thinking.

There's an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That's why comedians seldom criticise each other.

If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.

I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So, they get excited when they see Patton Oswalt is going to be on the show, but they kind of cross their arms until Patton Oswalt shows up.

I spent seven years in clubs in England, Australia, etc. Not all comedians cross over to sell out in a theatre.

I can cross the line when I'm making fun of people.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.

I'm a big fan of 'The IT Crowd.' That's where I discovered Chris O'Dowd.

We feel more comfortable rocking a comedy room as opposed to laughing it up with a rock crowd.

Sometimes in stand-up, you want that late-night set where you get that five minutes, then you want a half-hour special, and then the crown, if you will, is an HBO special.

I like laughing about cruel things because life is cruel.

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

On 'Takeaway' we wear these little earpieces because the show is live, but if you push them into your ear they go further into your eardrum and really hurt. One woman flung her arms around us and crushed my head so the earpiece went in. I nearly fainted. I lost my vision for a bit.

My color's not a crutch. See, funny crosses a lot of color barriers.

It's better to make people laugh than cry.

If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.

The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.

I want you to laugh and cry. That's what I do.

If you didn't laugh at Jared Fogle, then you would cry.

I don't actually believe in the genre of comedy. Sometimes when I watch comedies, I can't see the soul of the show. I want to be able to laugh and cry. That is where the magic is. I'm trying to get to that place.

'QI' is exactly what the best TV ought to be - you learn something, but you are also crying with laughter.

I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.

Everything's weird on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'