Quotes About Comedy

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.

It feels a lot freer doing a comedy.

That's the whole thing: You only roast the ones you love. That's why I never make fun of the French.

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

'Fresh Meat' is the first comedy thing I've ever done.

I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.

Other than friends and family, my favorite things are New York and stand-up. I love doing comedy in New York - I can do way more stand-up here than in Los Angeles.

Personally, I'm a fan of comedy movies that I can watch with my friends and family.

When I do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I always go across to Loch Ness and stay there.

I loved saying 'swab' in my 2014 fringe show. In an otherwise very mumbly performance, there wasn't a day that I didn't absolutely chuck myself at it.

There is nothing that I'm more compelled to do than get up in front of a crowd and make people laugh.

Sometimes '30 Rock' was a struggle because I'd be doing the show and still be doing stand-up full-time.

In 2006, I left my job in sales and marketing to go full-time as a comedian, and I started off doing panto at the Lowry in Manchester.

'Mad About You' was very fun.

If you look there is humor in every situation like your Aunt eating up all the food at the funeral or the lady sitting next to you at the bus stop.

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

I try not to listen to the other comedians performing before me because they will probably be funnier than me.

The more I become comfortable in my own skin, I think the funnier I become.

Our shows today are better and funnier than they've ever been.

Women, a lot of the time, are so much funnier than men, but they just choose not to do comedy for a living.

The funnier the material, the funnier I could make it.

What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?

There's nothing funnier than religion. Try explaining it to a kid. I had it all wrong when I was a kid.

At 21, my career took a comedic turn when I was cast in a new Broadway play called 'Brooklyn Boy,' by Donald Margulies, which was equal parts funny and sad. I realized that the more seriously I expressed my character's feelings, the funnier the scene became.