Quotes About Comedy

Comedy is not easy to begin with, but comedy that also dances with drama - it's so hard.

'Danger Girl' can be ridiculous, but sometimes it's funny.

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

Of course you can't go wrong with Daniel Kitson.

And the comic Daniel Kitson, he makes very good pies. I think he made one with feta, it was incredible. King of the pies.

For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.

I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye.

One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.'

I like my face. It's cheeky - dare I say, Chaplinesque.

In stand-up, there's that idea that comedy comes from a dark place, but it's not a rule.

I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism.

I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place.

My dream was never necessarily comedy. I really wanted to make film or television and was interested in darker stuff over comedy, but I knew I liked dark comedies.

The man-child in American comedies is always glorified; they never really show the darker side.

I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels.

I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''

I feel American comedy is a little too light. World cinema, and Latin cinema, is much more comfortable with darker emotions.

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

I'm interested in people's darkness - and humor in the darkness.

I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. I think that life is very dark at times, and there are things that are very funny about that.

I've always been attracted to more intense and darker roles, but I think there is complexity and darkness in comedies as well.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

I'm an easy date. I meant cheap date, cheap date!