Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things. ”

I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first. ”

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy. ”

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world. ”

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges. ”

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy. ”

Silences are the most underrated part of comedy. ”

When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy. ”

I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it. ”

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything. ”