Quotes About Comedy

I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation.

I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

It's starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you're in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.

I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am. It's really made the touring a lot less grueling.

I can't imagine saying the same joke for three hours. I don't know how that would work.

I would like to work in both comedy and drama. I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real.

I have to give the SNL crew props - it cannot have been easy to work with me.

Meryl Streep is on the program tonight. I like to throw her a little work whenever I can.

I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off.

If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.

I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

The best thing about where comedy is now is if you have a little bit of talent and a strong work ethic, and strong social skills, you can make a name for yourself and you can make money.

I do pauses, pauses work for me

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.

People come up to me on the street and say, 'Men at Work is the funniest movie I ever saw in my life'. But, you know, I do have to question how many movies these people have seen.

The only work I ever turned down was a cable programme called Diving for Excrement.

I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way. The comedy comes through the character.

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work.

I have a dark sense of humor, so I definitely like to work on stuff like that. I do enjoy working in comedies where I can create a fun and broad character.