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Quotes About Comedy

I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
~ Iggy Azalea
I love comedy. Comedy is one of my favourite things to do.
~ Lauren Ashley Carter
Comedy has always been my favourite genre, and I always wanted to be a part of a process which makes people happy. The genre has always been lucky for me.
~ Sushmita Sen
Govinda is my favourite actor - his comedy and dance is unique.
~ Prithvi Shaw
I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's involuntary. I'm not saying it can't be scrutinized, it's just that they take the enjoyment out of it.
~ Lorne Michaels
I would love to be the John Belushi of drag. He was fearless.
~ Willam Belli
I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
~ Dane Cook
I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland.
~ Elizabeth Banks
See, I'm totally fearless. I got my chops in the most, like, dangerous comedy atmosphere. If you can make it in New York, you can really do stand-up anywhere.
~ Maysoon Zayid
I can't speak for everyone, but the kind of comedy that makes me laugh are the ones that kind of make me cringe, and kind of make me look inside my own fears, my own anxieties.
~ Sharon Needles
I would like to do a nice comedy/drama feature with a good part, but nobody's asked me to do a film. Maybe it's because they don't know what to do with a guy in a dress.
~ Jamie Farr
Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be relegated to summer.
~ Holly Hunter
I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.
~ Larry David
The audience is so important. Because there's something that I might think is super funny, but if it's just not getting the feedback, I have to let it go.
~ Ali Wong
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
~ Jon Lovitz
It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
~ Vicki Lawrence
A lot of stand-up is talking about your perspective in the world and your experiences in life. And I think it takes any comedian a while to find out what their thing is, or what they feel good doing on stage.
~ Rose Matafeo
I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.
~ Jerry Lewis
Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
~ Abbi Jacobson
My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge.
~ Tracy Morgan
There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl.
~ Joan Rivers
The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.
~ Jen Kirkman
I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.
~ Kate Flannery
Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.
~ Jorma Taccone