Quotes About Comedy

When you look at the average American you realize there's nothing nature enjoys more than a good joke.

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

That's the nature of my [stand-up] act: black man with a white baby.

I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.

Your own shortcomings are the best ground to grow your sense of humor.

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same—dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits—the repetition through the ages is comedy.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.

I almost did the knee-jerk thing of saying Judge Judy is funny to me, but I just don't have the patience for the format of that show.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.

Now don't get me wrong, I love animals, but I like eatin' 'em more... fun to pet, better to chew.

A Polish man bought a zebra for a pet. What does he call the zebra? Spot!

Where did you get your haircut, the pet shop?

Support your right to arm bears.

I was so flat I used to put Xs on my chest and write, 'You are here.' I wore angora sweaters just so the guys would have something to pet.

The only weapon we have is comedy.

When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with as much as the things you agree with.

I think we all have a similar philosophy about comedy and comic performance which is that it's at its best when you can see the pleasure the performer has, when you can see a glimmer in the eye.

I don't exercise. My philosophy is: No pain, no pain.

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.

If I had free will, I would choose to be funnier.

A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.]