Quotes About Jokes

Watching movies in the U.S. is great fun because they get every joke, they smile, they laugh so much; it's a great feeling.

Implying women are too weak to take a joke is *implicitlty* sexist, and ridiculous.

Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.

One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.

I think my whole life, I put a lot of energy into pleasing other people, and trying to make jokes, and trying to make people laugh.

I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.

In the early days of the Libertines, we used to put on Arcadian cabaret nights. There'd be some girl climbing out of an egg; we'd try and get a couple of mates to tell a few jokes, performance poets, and then we'd play in the middle of it all. More people were on stage than in the crowd.

I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good.

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

As a comedian, I'm always quoting 'Caddyshack' and 'Dumb and Dumber.'

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I've perfected the art of busting on people. That's how comedians show each other love.

I'm not into comedies that are joke-driven.

To me, comedy is a game.

I'm not a comedy guy. I don't do comedy shows.

I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.

A lot of men are competitive about being funny.

The first condition for comedy is that if you laugh at your own jokes, others won't laugh. You have to say something funny very seriously.

When we go out to train, we work hard, but when we're back in the hotel, you want to chill out. People want to switch off from football because you spend so much time doing it. For me, switching off means playing jokes.

Leo: So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter. Piper: Is that another joke?

You're gonna be like Aquaman?" she asked. "Get the fish to fight for you?" "Thanks," Percy said. "I haven't heard enough Aquaman jokes for one lifetime.

Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!

Nick tried a pastry. The lady at the café had called them 'farturas'. (...) -- but when Nico first heard 'fartura' he knew Percy would have made a joke out of the name. 'Ammerica has dough-nuts', Percy would have said. 'Portugal has fart-nuts.