Comedy Quotes

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

Olivia Wilde
- Job
- Energy
- Thought
In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.

Blake Jenner
- Great
- Comedy

The connection between pathos and broad comedy is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy scene than you do in a straight scene. It's much harder.

Jerry Lewis
- Work
- Comedy
- Connection
My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

Christine Taylor
- Important
- Family
- Funny
If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.

Anne Beatts
- People
- Life
- Character
The two things I understand best are stand-up comedy and martial arts. And those things require an ultimate grasp of the truth. You have to be objective about your skills and abilities to compete in both.

Joe Rogan
- Up
- Truth
- Comedy
I loved the story, the comedy and how emotional it becomes. It was also an opportunity to do something different to what I had done before.

Elijah Wood
The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between life and purpose, should be the fruit of bitter indignation aroused by the degradation of human dignity, should be sarcasm, and not an epigram, convulsive laughter and not an amused grin, should be written with bile and not diluted salt, in a word, it should embrace life in its highest significance.

Vissarion Belinsky
- Purpose
- Laughter
- Sarcasm