Comedy Quotes

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

Being on a comedy tour is like traveling with family, everyone is all having a great time... then all of a sudden it turns sour. One thing gets said out of turn, and everyone is on everyone's last nerve. After an hour of silence, we all start laughing about it.

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunity arose for me to move into it full time, I just couldn't turn it down. I just took the risk, and I just wanted to see if it would work and thankfully it did.

Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.

I just finished 'Butter' for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast - Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone - all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I've gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. 'Butter''s about butter carving in Iowa.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with Steve Carell. I've wanted to work with him since I met him years ago as a kid.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.

Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things.

I'm doing 5000 seat theaters and audiences are going nuts, it's fantastic and it makes me very happy. I'm dirty, but not like this; I just do comedy that I find funny. I'm working on a new tv show for cable and it's not set up yet.

We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese.

I've never heard of a comedy that hasn't had reshoots, especially for the ending of a movie in a comedy.

I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan.

Comedy is music.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I think so. I can't think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.

People like the comedy more when they care about the characters.

If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.