Quotes About Comedy

I'm 60 years of age. That's 16 Celsius.

There is nothing that's off limits. If people think something is off limits, I make it my business to go make a joke about it; that's my job.

You might be a redneck if the receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.

Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in the business.

For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.

Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.

I have a bad gambling problem. You're not in show business for 12 years and dress like this without a bad gambling problem.

When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open. He's the Jeff Gillooly of comedy.

Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influential well beyond show business. Richard Zoglin's biography captures it all--the public and private Hope.

I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business.

It's a grim business, this being funny. Every time you come up with a strong, satiric idea, the world tops it.

I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.

I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way.

The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil.

You wanna have laughs? Do what I do. When I go through a tollbooth, I keep going. I tell the guy, The car behind me is paying for two.

Have you slept yet?' 'Sure. I took a power nap on the way over.' 'Didn't you drive there?' 'Yeah. Other drviers kept waking me up. Car horns should be illegal.' - Charley & Cookie

If the gas pedal on your car is shaped like a bare foot, you might be a redneck.