Comedy Quotes
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I got married. My wife changed her name. I know some women have a problem with that. But I wanted her to have my old girlfriend's name. So call me old-fashioned, but this fella does what the Bible tells.
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I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.
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Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.
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I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
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Endings of television shows are sometimes such depressing things. I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end, and we knew it was going to be the end, and sometimes it's just better if a comedy show ends and goes away and they never had a series finale.
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Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
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People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.
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I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.
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I think there's just too much comedy. Sometimes I get requests from people: 'How do I get into comedy?' And I always say that what we need is more people in health care. And less people in comedy.
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I support the homies, like Mike Jay and Hannibal Buress. And I listen to Comedy Central Radio in the car.
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It's not that Millennials don't believe some things are serious. We'll make 'It Gets Better' videos or perform comedy for disaster relief. But sum up our lives in a phrase? The Importance of Never Being Too Earnest.
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My whole life, growing up, I always wanted to be in comedy. I never felt comfortable doing the 'teen hunk' thing.
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The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in literary science fiction, not so much movie or television science fiction - although we have that too, obviously. Our situation, a workplace comedy, led to all sorts of stuff.
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Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.
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Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I was one of those kind of people, even when I had a regular job, I couldn't even call in sick right. You know, I was like, 'Hello? Yeah, I can't come in today. I have scurvy.
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In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.
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My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.
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It's interesting to explore the darker side, but the hero piece is interesting as well. It's like choosing between comedy or drama. I like to do both.
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I like comedy as a group sport.
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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.
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The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies.
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I was 25 myself once. I also thought I knew everything. I also thought that I could give singers singing advice and comics comedy advice. When you're that age, you know it all, so I understand it. But when you're tired and you don't have patience for it, you definitely snap.
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I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.
