Comedy Quotes

I think Hamlet is a very funny play - Hamlet is riddled with wit.

I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.

Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.

Comedies are something Id be very interesting in doing.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with real comedy, there will be tragic moments in it.

Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are

I'd like to give every member of our cast a best supporting comedy Emmy.

Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.

Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.

Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard.

Last night I didn't realize I said "abortion" in my stand up comedy act instead of "circumcision." No wonder I got blank stares at "rabbi got faint at sight of blood."

For the love of God, folks, don't try this at home.

Comedy is great; you get to laugh! Life is so serious.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

[the Ghost Team] is an ensemble comedy. It's about people who are searching for meaning in their lives, and they end up doing this stupid thing after they're inspired by one another.

What helps you as an actor when it comes to roles is that deeper understanding of so many different fractions of humanity. Because oftentimes, even in comedy, there is conflict.

There are things we could do like let Brad Dourif play Charles Lee Ray's brother or father , something like that, but I think any of those options would've been squarely in the horror-comedy realm.

It doesn't matter if it's a drama or a comedy, the need to get the emotion and the character arc across is way harder in something like this so was more of a preparation.

I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.

Comedy - particularly the frothy and frivolous - is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it's bloody hard to get right.

You do a movie and, even if it's not a comedy or it's not an action film, you get a little taste of it, and then I want to do it full force.

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.

I'm a big comedy nerd, so I'm always looking for the chance to be funny.

My theory about comedians is that their greatest fear is other people laughing at them. So comedy is an attempt to control and manipulate the thing they find most frightening.

There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

As far as just my stand-up is concerned, I don't care about changing anyone's mind. I'm not making an argument. I'm a guy doing comedy.

I don't want to do 20 minutes on Donald Trump. I want to do 10 minutes and move on. I wouldn't even do that with a live show, because I don't want it to feel like "An Evening Of Political Comedy."

Hopefully people will be reinventing comedy forever and ever. This is just what I do, and it's a type of comedy.

It's funny because I consider myself a musical scavenger. What that means to me is that I usually avoid feeding on the fresh meat. I kinda go for the meat that's kinda been forgot for a while.

[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic."

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

Steve Carell and Tina Fey are a match made in comedy heaven. They're perfect.

Everybody's funny in different ways.

Somehow, it was so happy a time. Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

A good comedy’s very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I dont take myself too seriously.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

It takes a lot of energy to be funny... for me it does. I feel like I work twice as hard when I'm doing comedy.

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.

Donald Trump announced today he is running for president of the United States. Traditionally that means six more weeks of comedy.

The funny thing is that I had never actually watched TV.

It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.

It’s funny – my married friends tell me all the time, 'What you have is so much easier.' When you’re doing it on your own, you don't have to [argue over] how you're raising the kids.

In comedy, reconcilement with life comes at the point when to the tragic sense only an inalienable difference or dissension with life appears.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.