Quotes About Comedy

I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology.

I love people of all ethnicities, as long as they're not ugly.

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

I love John Madden, because he makes me feel smart.

Dogs have fleas; people have each other. We are born to die. Life is a continuing tragic comedy. Everything and everyone we love suffers. Anybody who doesn't see that has not grown up and known life.

I'd love to have a shitty job. I couldn't hold any down. Standup was the only thing I could stick with. I'm an idiot that way.

I really love laughing.

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.

I'm so glad Courtney Love is here; I left my crack in my other purse.

I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.

I'm Here All Weak might be the strangest comedy album I have ever heard. But I've listened twice, which is more than I listen to 90 percent of all comedy albums, so I think I love it?

It's like love making, the foreplay is the biggest part, the same thing as comedy. If you can frame your show in such a way that the funny jokes become funnier.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

I would love to do a drama. I did a couple of episodes of The Good Wife, which is more of a drama. I really liked that; I thought it was interesting. A lot of my favorite comedies play out as dramas.

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.

With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

Making love to your wife is like shooting at sitting ducks.

I love doing comedy. It's a lot of fun.

There's so much I want to do. I love emotions, I love drama, I love comedy and I also want to take action up to another level, I love comics.

I would love to do something like 'Beverly Hills Cop'. I'd get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath.

I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.