Quotes About Comedy

I never feel like it'll be something where like, 'Aha, I've got it. I'm funny for the rest of my life. I don't need to tell jokes anymore. I just am comedy.'

I'm sure there are comedians who make jokes about me, but say something funny, not mean.

I like jokes where people don't stop laughing.

I don't have any writers. I never get a laugh with somebody else's jokes. I can't do it justice.

When I tell a joke, I don't think about who's listening to it. I tell the jokes I think are funny.

My dad loves going backstage. I try not to have him give too many jokes to people.

There is no 'magic water' that you can rub on a script to make the jokes funnier.

I don't have jokes that I can't defend.

If somebody said about me, 'I don't think his jokes are good, I don't think he's a good comedian,' I don't like to read that but that's a fair thing to say.

I'd been writing jokes since I was 16, not very good ones though, but I was always trying to make my mates laugh.

I'm one of the people who actually laughs at everyone else's jokes!

Early on, I had a girlfriend come see me, and she was like, 'Yeah, it was good, but you were funny at a dining hall at the University of Maryland.' That's when I realized I was contrived. I was reciting jokes. So I really worked on - no matter what - sounding like I was just talking to the people.

Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, I've got a very old-school, mainstream leaning to the way I present my comedy because I actually like jokes and don't just do observational stuff.

Going on stage is a performance, it's an act; you're playing a version of yourself. I don't give it a lot of thought. I clock on, I tell jokes, I clock off again.

I think that there's a real appetite for opinion-driven satire, not just generic making jokes about what's in the news but actually point-of-view-driven stuff.

It's fun to pick the worst jokes you can think of.

I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping.

It's hard for a comic to be joking when your lines can't be funny.

Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.

to laugh is proper to the man.

I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man.

This one has Olive Oyl getting it doggy-style from Popeye.

the greatest humourists are deep down usually angry men, who know that human nature ignores tirades, but is responsive to laughter.