Quotes About Comedy

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.

SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.

I've always wanted to do a family movie.

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.

Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.

That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

When I got to 'The Daily Show,' they asked me to have a political opinion. It turned out that I had one, but I didn't realize quite how liberal I was until I was asked to make passionate comedic choices as opposed to necessarily successful comedic choices.

If you can make people laugh, you know you're getting it right; it's an instant pat on the back.

My humor is traced with dark - I've got dark patches all over the place.

I would say I've actually done a lot more comedy than I've done drama. It's weird the way that worked out, because when I came out of theater school I took myself way too seriously, so it's kind of ironic that I ended up sort of going down the comedy path.

'Parental Guidance' combines comedy and pathos in the best way.

There are very few things that I have any patience for that are not at least a little bit humorous.

The U.K. and Europe in general seem to be a lot more patient. The U.S. are expecting 'joke joke joke joke joke joke joke.' They don't actually sit and listen to you.

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy. That was super rewarding. I want to do more of that and also my own writing.

Jack Paar was my first TV patron saint.

Paul Rudd is ripped.

I've paid attention to guys growin' up like Richard Pryor or Paul Mooney. The message that they were sending with what they did was so much bigger than them.

I love Paul Rudd.

I would agree 'Paul' is a sci-fi genre movie. And a road movie.

Paul Rudd is a huge 'Hot Rod' fan.

I loved 'Burning Love,' and I really do love almost everything Paul Scheer touches.

I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.