Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

Back when Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin were doing roasts, they were all friends. They knew each other's children, each other's wives, each other's families. It wasn't about being disrespectful. It was about being funny. ”

There are many styles of standup, but the comedians I like are people like Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor. Because Richard Pryor told the truth. Chris Rock. I love Chris Rock. He's funny, but he's also poignant. He's not there just to make people laugh; he's there to make people wake up, too. ”

My whole life is a funny moment, man. ”

If the 'Chappelle's Show' had stayed on, I seriously doubt I would have developed this fast as a stand-up comedian. I probably would never have taken stand-up comedy really seriously. ”

I wasn't drawn to comedy: it was drawn to me - from fighting in school to going to jail, then joining the military and getting into Hollywood. ”

My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from. ”

Comedy has bits, has jokes, has stories, and it has characters. ”

You have comedians who just do jokes, and they're called comics, not comedians. You have comedians that do bits - a person that has a lot of jokes that have a beginning, a middle and an end, but it's not a real story. And you have someone that does great stories, the one that blends those things together - that person is doing comedy. ”

I feel blessed to be able to do my stand up comedy all over the world, because some people never even leave New York. ”

If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller. ”