Quotes About Comedy

I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform new material. I'm not a huge fan of repeating jokes, and I don't really do any of my old material from old stand-up acts.

From 'Fonejacker,' multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.

I have done many comedies, but none of my roles are repetitive.

I don't think arrested-adolescent humor will fade. Maybe the form will change, but I guarantee its replacement will still be based in immature behavior from mature figures.

I stopped drinking before I became a comic; one was a replacement for the other.

Bobby Ball, who plays my dad in 'Not Going Out,' is very funny. He has a magical sense for comedy that nobody has been able to replicate.

When the journalists asked Gene, 'Why didn't you marry the beautiful girl in 'The Woman in Red'?' he would always reply, 'I did!'

I record the following shows on a daily basis and watch them when I have the time/inclination: 'The Daily Show,' Rachel Maddow, 'Hardball,' 'The Colbert Report,' 'The O'Reilly Factor,' David Letterman.

When it comes to politics, comedians read between the lines and see hypocrisies and half-truths. And we report those things to regular people who go, 'I noticed that, too!' or 'You're right, that doesn't make sense!'

Because I produce a comedy festival and because I write and all of that stuff, I've seen the relationship that actors can create, in a bad way sometimes, with the rest of the people they work with. I just want to be a good representation of, 'Actors are great! They're not what some people might think they are.'

It's a shame - we've got so many hilarious women, and think there's a certain repression there.

Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet.

It doesn't get better than making people laugh and also making sure people don't go hungry.

I've built a comedy brand for myself that is, one, really satisfying and fulfilling personally and, two, has been able to cultivate this young female audience that's hungry for knowledge, information, and entertainment.

When you do comedy shows, you usually don't finish until about 11 P.M. Then you have this adrenaline dump, and you get hungry.

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

To do comedy, there are so many hurdles one has to cross.

My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.

All my life I made a living out of hurting people. Now, I make a living out of making people laugh.

I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours.

It's fine if folk don't like my sense of humour. But if somebody misunderstands, then that hurts a bit.

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.