Quotes About Comedy

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who doesn't really know what they're talking about getting on their soapbox and complaining.

I'm a much better comedian than I am a soccer player.

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.

I think as creatures we're incredibly sociable, and I do think comedy brings us all together.

I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part and parcel. I think the greatest social activists are comedians.

I look to icons like George Carlin, Chris Rock, and Richard Pryor on how to present these concepts of social change and subversiveness to an audience in a way that's palatable.

All comedy is really talking about social issues and things that are affecting our lives.

Social media allows comics to bypass the gatekeepers and connect directly with people who will want to come see them.

I'm very adamant on social media about recommending comedians to people if they don't know them. I think it's so important to go see them.

When people tell me that my films make them smile, I feel like I'm doing a social service by making these light-hearted comedy movies.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

What I've found in my career is that 70 to 75 percent of comics are nice and have some sense of social skills, but there are those who end up in comedy because they don't know how to socialize. I don't want to deal with that group.

I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.

I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over the years in terms of my material; which apparently at the beginning - though I never really intended it to be - was man hating and now is just a bit more cuddly.

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. And I guess I've always liked to channel some kind of personal element to that.

I think 'Bridesmaids' has changed things socially and culturally. Before, it was really difficult for women to do scatological humour without seeming gross.

My wife and I will often have conversations about 'Good Times' and 'The Jeffersons' and 'Sanford and Son.' They were doing incredible stuff that was very funny but also very socially conscious.

For my first Hollywood film, I really didn't want to be doing a film where I'm looking like a stooge with fake snakes that look like socks.

I do have a soft corner for rom-coms, but at the same time, I like drama, too.