Quotes About Comedy

If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

First of all, I find everything funny, which is upsetting to my children sometimes, and to people in my life, in general.

I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life.

You can name your own salary in this business. I call mine Fred.

I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

Think of what would happen to us... if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record.

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated.

Chumps always make the best husbands. All the unhappy marriages come from the husbands having brains.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

Outside of performing, (a comedian) is someone who is analyzing life, thinking about it and trying to be observing so much. In my opinion, it can make you feel on the outside looking in.

George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.

I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind of self-effacing cynicism among all Hoosiers.

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.