Quotes About Jokes

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

All I care about is making jokes that are funny and making people laugh.

I think all art - even one as lowly as making jokes about celebrities - is there to make a connection.

You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.

My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.

One can always come up with funny lists and jokes. You know what? I take it back. Not everyone can always come up with funny lists and some jokes. I'm very lucky to have a gift where I can do that pretty ably.

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid.

When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM.

I think those that are holier-than-thou don't make jokes. They take themselves too seriously and Peeta doesn't take himself too seriously. This is what I believe in and I'm comfortable with that and I can make a joke here and there.

I don't know any jokes, which is embarrassing. I wish I did.

People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.

Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

I can't crack jokes because I don't have any.

I tell the most horrible jokes.

I don't want to be with someone boring because I'm always laughing. I like to play jokes on people and be sarcastic.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

I'm not built for war. I'm built for entertainment. I'm built for jokes - either telling them or being the butt of them.

You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes.

All I do is have fun. When I'm not working, it's about making people laugh. I love making jokes about things. Even when someone's mad at me, I'll deflect anger with humor. My days are filled with laughter. If I'm not laughing, I'm not happy.

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.

I always was an early-morning or late-night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning, you make up some of your most absurd jokes.