Quotes About Comedy

Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.

With a lot of those 'S.N.L.' shorts, we would do them just as we wanted to do them and then beep out the bad words. Since it was late night T.V., they let us get away with a lot.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

I don't think any comic could say there isn't a bit of them that doesn't want to show off.

When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

'Futurama' is this awesome, animated sci-fi show.

I think it's awesome to be able to make people laugh.

'Mean Girls' is awesome.

Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.

Someone who didn't do comedy might think it was awful to have someone talking about you. But I just love the attention, even if I'm not there.

If something's awful, I find it funny. If something's funny, I find it funny. It's my natural, go-to place.

I think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart.

If you ain't laughing, you ain't living, baby.

Stand-up is my baby.

The best comedy to me - and again, I grew up with comedy since I was a baby, so I've seen it all - is when you exaggerate the truth, like Richard Pryor did, you understand?

I would watch 'All In The Family' with my babysitter.

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

I've learnt that from stand-up - you should always worry that it's going to go badly, otherwise you're too laissez faire.

My bag is acting or getting into an amusing situation and then sharing my amusement.

I enjoy comedy and drama. A nice balance of both is great.