Comedy Quotes
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My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.
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I can rap. Not openly in the world, but it's important that people know! I can rap for a very specific reason, which is that in college I was in an improv comedy group, and we did musical improv.
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I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It's like comedy bankers' hours.
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I'm so excited about 'Identity Thief'. It's such a good comedy, and I'm excited for people to go out and see it!
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I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.
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People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.
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I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.
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Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.
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Too much comedy is filthy these days. There's nothing they won't say. I like Jimmy Carr, but I don't like the language he uses. I don't understand why he feels it necessary; I find it extremely offensive.
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I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.
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Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.
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I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.
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I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'
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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.
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I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerful. That seems so foreign.
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The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.
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I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first. I can't say exactly why, and it's kind of a bummer... But I also can't explain why the wallflower girl in the romantic comedy always gets the guy in the end. That's just the way those movies go.
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YouTube is the vlogs and my life, then Instagram is comedy skits and pictures that I take. Twitter's text, and Instagram Stories is even more behind-the-scenes vlog stuff. I'm always posting.
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Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
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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."
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Comedy is music.
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Comedy is a reaction to the world, and I think it really helps to be an outsider. I've always been very interested in people's behavior, to the point of being obsessed - seeing what people needed and reading them, I think that's the backbone of comedy.
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When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.
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We provide comedy for everybody, no matter what your race or gender. We just want people to come out and have a really good time.
