Comedy Quotes

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Wendy Wasserstein
- Comedy
- Pain
- Reason
For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment where you're comfortable making a fool of yourself. It's so critical, especially in comedy, to just have all those right pieces in place.

Michael Spiller

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

Michaela Watkins
- Comedy
Maybe I'll just become a cartoon character because there's nothing left for me to do in an R-rated comedy.

Sean William Scott
- Character
- Comedy
- Cartoon
Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy.

Sandra Bullock
But the great thing about shows now is since we've been doing (Comedy Death Ray), they have lightened up on their booking policies a bit more and are booking somebody who isn't famous and who hasn't been around ten years. It's great to see people who've done our show - the first big show they've ever done - now they can play around town.

Scott Aukerman
- People
- Play
- Policy
I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.

Michael Che
- People
- Bigs
- Rooms
A lot of the kind of comedy that I do comes out of real human moments. For them to work, they have to be truthful kinds of things that people in the audience can go, "Yes, I've experienced that myself!"

Brian Regan
- People
- Real
- Kind