Quotes About Comedy

Did you know that there are $4,000 washing machines? Seriously. If a washer is $4,000 I want it to get the laundry out of my room and bring it back folded after it made me coffee told me it likes my hair.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

Comedy is a blood sport. It flays the truth and spurts twisted logic. In America, people become comics because we don't have bullfighting.

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth.

More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.

In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is.

The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've gotten their permission to tell a story or talk about them before I do it.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

Laughter is sort of a natural truth detector. If you laugh at something, it's probably because there was some truth in it.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.