Quotes About Comedy

Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.

I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.

If you're going through a divorce and you're in a comedy you have to find some way to find the funny side of things even though you might not want to.

I actually write some pretty tough jokes. I don't want to push the "soft" angle too much.

A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

As you go on you realize "Okay I know how to get laughs but am I saying things I want to say? Am I writing jokes that I like?" You get to a point that is that so you move on.

Sometimes you're not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn't mean it's not funny. It means you haven't explored it enough.

If the audience knows you can be funny when you want to be, they will be willing to wait for that payoff.

My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.

The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.

I was always the funny guy. Everyone wants to hang out with the funny guy.

I don't know how to write jokes from the point of view of a six-foot-two guy. So, I'll always talk about it, but I just don't want it to be the absolute focus of all of my act.

Everyone just wants to hear the exact jokes that apply to them and want to - everyone wants a perfectly crafted joke for them.

I like to make people laugh. I like that kind of silly stuff. For me, it's a natural thing to want to do something like this.

Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at the box office? People want to go and laugh. I can understand that.

People confuse the fact that I discuss drinking openly with the idea that I'm a heavy drinker. I don't want girls at my show wasted, screaming and yelling out and vomiting.

I think all the funny people were bullied. When they talk about outlawing bullying, it's like, what? You want no Comedy Central?

While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.

Talking about my personal life onstage, I've realized I'm not one of those comics who can do that. I can allude to it but I don't want to be a confessional performer.

When I'm interviewed on Leno, just be funny, period. That's all they want from me. I don't want to tell my life story.