Quotes About Comedy

And my girlfriend, she's FAT! How fat? She's so fat she wears two watches-one for each time zone!

The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.

There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time.

I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.

Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.

If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere.

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor.

I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.

I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that.

Comedians don't get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can't really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my own performance.

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.

'Buried Alive' is a little scary, but also a comedy at the same time.

We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.

I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.

It's nice to represent a woman who can be bigger than what you see as a typical skinny actress - being funny and desirable at the same time.

My kids can't watch ('Howard the Duck'). By the time I get in bed with the duck, they are, like, 'Turn it off, mom. You in bed with a duck is just pretty much a deal breaker.'

My touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road.