Quotes about Comedy

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

I have a great love of animals and laughter.

I love to entertain and make people laugh.

The point with me is that it's always been, even with the stand-up, that the music has to be right. You have to take it seriously. You have to try and play it as faithfully as possible. That way it helps the comedy. Rather than just playing it in a silly way.

I loved doing 'The Family' with Eunice and Mama. They were very interesting because there were no jokes written into those sketches. It was all character-driven. And sometimes it got a little heavy.

Of these plays, the most inoffensive are comedies and tragedies, that is to say, the dramas which poets write for the stage, and which, though they often handle impure subjects, yet do so without the filthiness of language which characterizes many other performances; and it is these dramas which boys are obliged by their seniors to read and learn as a part of what is called a liberal and gentlemanly education.

When you find something funny search it for hidden truth.

I love romantic comedies that are set in a world. It's not just a boy and a girl falling in love, out of love, and back in love.

I really love comedy. I love making people laugh. But other things also appeal to me.

Believe it or not, I make myself laugh. Sometimes when I have thoughts or say some things that are funny, it just makes me laugh, and I don't mind laughing at it before you guys do.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage.

The Dutch do have a slightly odd sense of humour.