Comedy Quotes

• Although I love this kind of comedy, sometimes I feel trapped by always having to be the most outrageous guy in the room. In particular, I'm working on trying not to be that guy in my private life.

  

  Chris Farley
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Guy

• I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed - the whole thing supposedly takes place in her bedroom at her parents house in Duluth, MN. I thought it was great and really strange - to have a comedy special without having to leave your bed.

  

  Dana Schutz
  • Great
  • She
  • House

• When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.

  

  Warren Littlefield
  • World
  • Night
  • Voice

• For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Money
  • Movie
  • Hustle

• I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing - that is what comedy can be like.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • People
  • Up
  • Comedy

• I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

  

  John Goodman
  • Comedy

• After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.

  

  Marla Gibbs
  • Work
  • Comedy

• It'd be fun to do a comedy with someone like Sandra Bullock.

  

  Christian Serratos
  • Fun
  • Comedy

• Eddie Murphy did '48 Hrs.' because that was the only movie offered to him. And he killed it. Bill Cosby did 'I Spy' because that was the TV show he was offered. But now, there are networks dedicated to comedy, and the Internet... it's so easy for comedians to not do things that aren't true to them.

  

  Jerrod Carmichael
  • True
  • Movie
  • Comedy

• 'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after 'The Simpsons' came out.

  

  Eric Andre
  • Comedy

• I can't believe we got grades in gym class. I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in front of a room full of strangers. Based on what I learned in gym class, I will throw a red ball at a fat guy."

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Believe
  • Guy
  • Funny

• Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

  

  Jason Reitman
  • Art
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Girl
  • Winning
  • Famous

• For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Drama
  • Context
  • Literally

• After doing comedy for a while and knowing how hard it is to do physical comedy right, I learned how incredibly talented the Three Stooges really were after re-watching old episodes. They still stand up!

  

  Carly Craig
  • Up
  • Doing
  • Stand

• I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.

  

  Taran Killam
  • Best
  • Language
  • Audience

• My teacher at RADA said I was going to have trouble when I left because I wasn't an obvious juvenile lead, although I could do both comedy and drama. But I understood enough to know that my career was going to be a marathon, not a sprint.

  

  Anne Reid
  • Career
  • Teacher
  • Drama

• I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.

  

  Mayim Bialik
  • Comedy

• The way I approach any role, whether it's comedy or drama, I like to look for the truth first. I think comedy for the sake of comedy wears dull pretty quickly. You have to ground the character in reality first and allow the audience to sympathize, emphasize and be more invested.

  

  Matt McGorry
  • Character
  • Truth
  • Pretty

• I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • Career
  • Comedy
  • Serious

• I've been a huge fan of the cable network FX for a very, very long time. I think their brand of comedy is incredible. For me, as an audience member, that's a go-to channel.

  

  Chris Klein
  • Time
  • Long
  • Comedy

• I saw something in the store the other day that I don't understand: that peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. Is there a point to that? I mean, I'm lazy-but I wanna meet the guy who needs that. Some guy going, "You know, I could go for a sandwich-but, uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars. Cleaning, who knows how many knives!?"

  

  Brian Regan
  • Guy
  • Funny
  • Kind

• I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

  

  John Oliver
  • Political
  • Comedy

• Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero.

  

  Fred Willard
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Hero

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