Quotes About Comedy

Let me play a Man in a scene.

In the Year 2000 men will finally discover that the reason women go to the bathroom in pairs... is to make out.

Whole phases of comedy have become empty; the comic rejoinder has become every man's tool.

When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited.

Man's inhumanity toward man is astounding, and I'm just talking about the lineup at certain comedy clubs.

My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care.

I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered.

Many people will laugh at the drop of a hat, especially if the man is still in it.

The last man that makes a joke owns it.

Really, Channing," remonstrated Alexia, "did you have to eat the man's dog? I am convinced you will experience terrible indigestion.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man.

Hey man! I'm a comedian but I'm not a clown.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.

I'm comedy's forgotten nearly man.

I've decided to just keep doing Oh, Hello, where I play an older man who thinks he's very cultured. That clearly has not gone away.

Really, more than anything, The 2000 Year Old Man is a huge influence on all of our comedy, but specifically the live version of Oh, Hello.

I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist.

I've made a lot of grown men cry with laughter, because I really am quite the joke.

My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.