Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

First and foremost, I just want to write comedy. ”

I like idolator.com a lot. Every once in a while they shred me on there, but it's usually pretty funny. ”

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity. ”

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am. ”

I think there's something so funny about Ram Dass. I was lucky enough to sit across from him at dinner once, and I got up the courage to tell him that he was my favorite comedian. Even though he's not a comic, he talks about showbiz in a certain way and understands that there's a presentation to it. ”

When I started, I was very deliberate about making friends with people like John Mulaney who were really funny and wanted to go up and do as many open mics as I did. ”

Science would like to tell us that people laugh because of the benign violation theory, but comedy doesn't have hard rules. ”

I mostly do faces and sounds. That's what I do. Comedy doesn't have to be art. ”

As soon as I heard the term 'comedy nerd,' I'd hoped there was a lot of them. ”

Good comedy can be liberating, and if I'm doing my job as a comedian, part of the joy for the audience is getting that release. ”