Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

I was doing a show at the Comedy Store which Eddie Izzard saw, and we chatted for a bit afterwards. I didn't really know he was; we just hung out as comedians together, and when he heard my story, he said, 'Why don't you tell that on stage?' I didn't really want to burden people with all that, but he said that I could have fun with it. ”

What I've always said about comedy is if you do it in the right way, you can say anything to anybody because they know where you're coming from. They know it's not malicious. ”

I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them. ”

Most of my show is true; like, 90% of everything I say on stage is true. I just have to find the way to make it funny - that's the difficult thing. ”

A sketch should be about two to three minutes, which is basically what most songs are. They're usually done by groups. Good examples of each build and have different parts and twists in them. I guess sketch would be the comedy version of music. ”

I was very young, and I kind of decided I wanted to do comedy. My parents were musicians, so we traveled on a tour bus. You're in a different town every night; as a kid, you're trying to make friends fast. You try to be funny. ”

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor. ”

I think there should be comedy in everything; it doesn't matter what you're doing. ”

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business. ”

I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me. ”