Quotes About Comedy

Unfortunately we live in a world where I think women aren't actively encouraged or at least not empowered to make good work in every creative sphere, particularly in comedy.

Basically, out of the sphere of what I do - being a comedian/writer, and out of the sphere of football, I am incredibly uncompetitive.

I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.

Seth Meyers and I wrote a 'Spider-Man' comic.

People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.

I'd like to be in a Spike Jonze movie. But I live in a Nancy Meyers movie.

Bob Monkhouse, Galton and Simpson, Spike Milligan and I all started around the same time with an enormous advantage: working to an audience all of whom had shared an awful, common experience - the war.

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.

In my comedy, I'm not always trying to say something, but when I'm playing a creepy dude, you're laughing because you know that creepy dude. You've heard that dude say something awful, and I'm just putting a little creative spin on it.

Being nice can be funny. A lot of my jokes are like, 'Let me take a bad situation and try to put the best spin on it.'

I feel like my comedy voice is to take the news and everything that's happening and put a funny spin on it or to pick out the things I find funny about it.

I think the big spin we were able to put on it was most hidden camera shows, the people that don't know they're on the show were the butt of the joke and they're kind of being made fun of and the big thing that we make different is that we're the butt of the jokes and the joke's always on us.

It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.

I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but it's entertaining, and it helps you make quick connections if you're a comedian, if you have a brain that can dance around too much.

Humility is one of the key aspects of spirituality, and along with comedy, a key component of healing.

All I know how to do is take what's on my mind and spit it out funny. I don't know what else I could do besides comedy.

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

I'd like to think Fleabag's honesty makes her heroic in spite of her actions.

I came to London with a girl. We lived together and split up very quickly. I was on my own in London so started going to comedy clubs.

I listen to a lot of podcasts, which are split down the middle between comedy and board game podcasts, and a couple of eclectic ones like 'The Dinner Party' from NPR, where they take an event that happened that week in history and give you a cocktail recipe inspired by it.

I've grown up around some incredibly funny people, which has been a blessing and curse because now I've been completely spoiled in terms of what I find funny.

I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.

I've been spoilt with 'Emmerdale' over the years. I've had a taste of high drama, action, explosive scenes, emotional scenes and the odd bit of comedy with Bernice.

But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television.