Quotes About Comedy

In 1977, while I was performing in a play in Cardiff, a friend introduced me to a striking redhead called Myfanwy Talog, famed for her appearances on Welsh television with the comedy duo Rees and Ronnie. We were instantly smitten and eventually moved in together, sharing 18 happy years.

What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.

In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.

Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown.

The West Coast blew me up years ago. Ten years ago, I was already selling out five or six shows in a row in the West. Then all of a sudden, the Midwest, Chicago, Illinois, just embraced me so well.

I wanted to do comedy because I left Malaysia and went to America. I got bitten by the Western, idealist, opinionated, democracy bug.

If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

I've never done an actual Western, and I would love to do that. I've done drama and dark comedy stuff. I've never really done a romantic comedy either. I would do that.

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

Corden's a comedy powerhouse.

You're supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.

I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.

I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, 'Oh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking.'

Me and fellow scouser Toni Duggan are a double act. We are always pre-planning some sort of practical joke.

There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me.

I remember practically every joke I've ever heard in my life.

I grew up practically getting into this business because of David Letterman. I wanted to do comedy-based interviews.

I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.

I ended up doing a lot of prank shows in my life or prank theater, but I always got fairly nervous about doing 'em.

The thing that we like about our show is that it's our take on a kind of format. It's a hidden camera comedy show where we don't even call it a 'prank show' because we're made to fool each other and our friends.

I actually find prank CDs pretty annoying.

I've got to follow in the footsteps of Sacha Baron Cohen and do a prank show, or a film with real elements to it.

I joke every day, pranks, sometimes.