Comedy Quotes

• Before seeing Truffaut's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid - I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity - a poetic comedy that's really funny.

  

  Pauline Kael
  • Good
  • Children
  • Small

• When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

  

  Whoopi Goldberg
  • Comedy
  • Talent
  • Berkeley

• I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.

  

  Ryan Gosling
  • Real
  • Feelings
  • Musical

• I've been to Canada, and they love - oh my God, they love their stand-up comedy in Canada. I've been overseas to do shows for the troops all over the Middle East, and I actually went to China recently and did shows, not for the troops, but just for local Chinese people, and Americans that have moved there, and things like that. It was fantastic. They got it. They're way smarter than we give them credit for.

  

  Brad Williams
  • Love
  • Chinese
  • Credit

• To me, horror and comedy never work. Never worked for me, anyway.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • Work
  • Comedy
  • Horror

• The only thing darker than 'Overboard' is 'Micki & Maude,' the bigamy comedy from 1984.

  

  Mark Duplass
  • Comedy

• I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating each other and towards the end they're good friends. I liked that these two guys were best friends from the very beginning, and they're crazy.

  

  Sean William Scott
  • Hate
  • Comedy
  • Crazy

• Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • World
  • Trying
  • Cinema

• Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Financial
  • Firsts
  • Standpoint

• Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

  

  Eddie Mair
  • Comedy
  • Judge
  • Moustache

• When I go to the movies, I like romance, comedy, and thrillers. I hate gore.

  

  Peter Weller
  • Hate
  • Comedy

• People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

  

  Ray Stevens
  • People
  • Remember
  • Comedy

• I would love to continue to challenge myself by trying different things. Action, Drama, Comedy... I would be grateful to do any and all of it if someone is kind enough to hire me! I have such a wonderful time on The Originals though, because I get to play Rebekah in so many different periods. I'm a little spoiled.

  

  Claire Holt
  • Time
  • Different
  • Trying

• One's dream is constantly evolving, rising and falling, changing course. This happens in every job, but because I have worked in comedy for twenty-five years, I can probably speak best about my own profession.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Profession

• Real comedy can't be learned; it comes from a need for justice. The best who stand up, stand up for something.

  

  Elayne Boosler
  • Up
  • Real
  • Justice

• Insult comedy has been around forever. I can make fun of people, and they won't get mad at me.

  

  Lisa Lampanelli
  • People
  • Fun
  • Forever

• I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.

  

  Johnny Vegas
  • Up
  • Live
  • Comedy

• Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

  

  Johnny Vegas
  • Friends
  • Comedy

• I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.

  

  Jessica Williams
  • Up
  • Great
  • Feeling

• There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a prevailing conventional wisdom that I think is really wrong. That's not to say that television writers aren't great, but I think that the belief that some comedy writer's going to be able to capture your voice is naive.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Belief

• I'd like to give every member of our cast a best supporting comedy Emmy.

  

  David Mandel
  • Comedy
  • Member
  • Supporting

• As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.

  

  Rik Mayall
  • Comedy
  • Mainstream

• Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge. How much are you willing to take on for your character?

  

  Craig Robinson
  • Real
  • Character
  • Challenge

• My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.

  

  Jerry Lewis
  • Comedy
  • Ego

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