Quotes About Comedy

Jesse Joyce is a great writer.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

Decaf is like masturbating with an oven mitt!

I want to go to Australia so bad, do comedy there, and see the people there. It's a great country. I have friends that are Australian that have told me all about it. I want to do comedy there.

Royal Canadian Air Farce, and I was in three sketches there. And they wrote some really great stuff for me.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

Out of the guys, I'm closest to Matthew Perry. He's a great friend. He cracks me up[on the set].

I've got a great sense of humor.

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor.

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.

I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

Speaking for myself, I try to go out there on the stage and make jokes with people, so I'm not really thinking about the impact anything I have. If it does resonate with people, that's really great.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack.

Good comedians are great philosophers.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young.

If a great comedy landed on my doorstep, I would find it hard to say no.

I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof is raised yeah, it's a similar feeling, sure.

Humor is such a great gift - why leave it to chance?

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

I like Strahan a lot. I've known him for years. He was a Giant here - in many ways. Had a big following with the New York Giants. He's very funny. He's got a great sense of humor.