Quotes About Comedy

I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me.

Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of!

I tell the audience bits of my rude life on stage so they don't mind telling me bits of theirs.

I love playing the bitter guy.

I can't tell you how many bizarre shows at UCB I was a part of.

I want to do a black comedy with Homi Adajania and also want to work with Vishal Bhardwaj, Imtiaz Ali and Anurag Kashyap.

I always say to Blake Griffin that he has a better comedy career than I do.

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.

You can make bleak things funny but if you're glib about it, it doesn't work.

The entire New York comedy scene has moved to L.A. - it's bled the New York comedy scene dry.

I enjoy doing comic roles that blend with the story. I am looking for cinema that is sensible and is entertaining and engaging, be it is comic or serious.

With comedy, it's not always a blessing to be beautiful because part of it is self-parody and gurning.

'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.

What I wanted to do was the comedy, and I found that. I found my bliss, I think.

People often ask what I think of Michael McIntyre. I think he's funny. He's a nice bloke.

I mean, I find drama to be engaging and it makes your blood pressure go up and you keep watching, but it's not as entertaining as, say, comedy.

I'm always blown away by stand-ups. I'm blown away by people like that who are craftspeople at comedy.

Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.

I come from a time when people like Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby told stories that were devastatingly funny without being off-color.

I wanted to be Bob Hope or Red Skelton from the time I was 8 years old.

I like working with Bob Odenkirk.