Quotes About Comedy

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.

I'm saying nothing new that Dave Pasquesi is really good at what he does.

Real progress will have been made when people don't care or even notice the color of a comedian when they'll just be concerned with whether he's funny.

I don't have much time for the 'sad clown' thing. It's only associated with comedians because of the disparity between feeling like that and what we do for a living. I bet there are loads of sad bankers and sad dentists. We just don't notice because they aren't bringing that much joy to the world.

If you'll notice, we don't have any real out and out jokes on 'Hogan.' Basically the program is drama.

I felt that mainstream comedy caters to men and people don't even notice.

I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were 1,000 girls. And there were three jobs. So I said I'll just try comedy. And I loved it.

I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.

I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.

Years ago I played different female roles in 'Grand Indian Comedy Show,' but as it was not as popular show as 'TKSS' and 'CNWK,' it never got noticed.

There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right.

My first two novels were very black comedies.

I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass.

The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club.

I work a lot of things out on stage nowadays rather than writing them in big blocks.

For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing.

There's a lot of nuances to stand-up that you definitely see when you watch someone like Chris Rock in that his body position is also part of why the joke works.

Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make my friends laugh.

I wanted to make a late-night-type show that happened to be in the morning for moms. Bravo was more interested in a blend of my books 'Momzillas' and 'Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut,' which is a collection of nonfiction essays.

I'm a Macintosh nut. I got my PowerBook, so if I'm not writing jokes, I'm working on that.

I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.

People learn English from 'Full House.' Candace's husband, Valeri Bure, he learned to speak English watching it... 'Aw, nuts.' 'You got it, dude.'

I think Elaine would go out with anyone if they showed interest in her. She's nuts. The woman's nuts.