Quotes About Comedy

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

My whole life is a practical joke. Every evening and every show has really become about entertaining me. I was always like that. And now I've come full circle because that's what the TV show is too.

You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor.

I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up.

A lot of those comics can't hold down relationships and they've got no other life apart from performing. They sleep in their Jags and a lot of them can't even talk. All they can do is tell gags.

Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.

This world is a comedy, not Life.

I'm no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.

Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his entire life is in his face.

I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.

We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy.

Karma was a bitch with a good sense of humor.

He giggled like a puppy being tickled by a kitten wearing a duckling costume.

My pants cut the cheese. Let one fly. Baked a batch of brownies.

Behind every great man there is a woman rolling her eyes.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid they told me I was being funny.

My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe jog as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

I have hair in places monkeys dont.While giving birth my mother almost dies from rug burn.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

England produces the best fat actors.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.