Quotes About Comedy

I have a ton of Holocaust stuff, and some of it is really hard core.

Jeff Ross has a new show on Comedy Central where he roasts the news. It'll be perfect for people who find Jon Stewart too handsome and funny.

We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy.' If something was horribly offensive and shocking we would put it in if it was also hysterically funny.

If a song is funny and absurd, and it sounds great, it's just going to be that much funnier. And there's no better example of that than 'Monty Python.'

The Simpsons are ugly-looking, and they should be. That's what works. That's one of the things that's funny.

For me to act natural and real but also try to be funny while doing that is hard.

I was in high school when Will Ferrell was first on 'Saturday Night Live', and I remember thinking, 'Man, that guy is the funniest guy ever.'

I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was.

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.

I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

My wife is way funnier than I am. As much as I don't really feel I share a sense of humour with my family, I definitely share one with her - we find the same things funny.

I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny.

I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.

It's harder when people are playing along, because it's just not as funny. They're trying to be funny, and it sort of cancels out the whole joke.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.

The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.

Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.

I was once arrested for resisting arrest.

What I like about the jokes, to me it's a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won't be funny.