Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

I've always liked outrageous comedy and pushing the envelope. ”

If something becomes mean-spirited and hurtful, it's not funny. ”

The moment for me, thinking I might actually want to do comedy professionally, was when I did public speaking at school. I found out I was good at getting up in front of class. In the fifth grade, I did a speech on comedy. ”

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important. ”

It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy. Man-on-the-street-reaction comedy. Visually surreal comedy. But you do something shocking, and that becomes your label. ”

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride. ”

I've worked a lot in comedy. As much as I love playing dramatic roles, it's always nice to be able to have some humor around when working. ”

My take on 'Lucifer' was pretty much laid down by Tom Kapinos when he wrote the original pilot script for it. I remember reading it for the first time, and I was about four or five pages in, thinking this is so funny, and I know how I would want to do this if I was going to do it. ”

My dad read, I think, the Perry Mason mysteries and Zane Grey and some humor compendiums... And then at one point, the bookmobile started coming to town. That was really cool. I mean, that was when I read my first Raymond Carver story. I think that was probably 1969 or so. I must have been 13. ”

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. ”