1,680 Quotes About Comedy

I was thinking about … how disarming is the ability to make people laugh. It’s a gift, mimicry, but it’s not acting; in a way it’s the opposite of acting, which is why comedians are seldom good actors. There’s an element of exaggeration in the imposture; the copy is the original painted with a broad brush and it can be grotesque, even cruel. But no one is offended. People are drawn to the funnyman who can imitate a politician or a famous actor or an ethnic type, especially his own ethnic type.

In my experience people who can’t stop making jokes about their identity aren’t easy with it. The man of the world accepts who he is and the influences which have made him, and then gets on with living in the world.

The problem is people fear in saying what's really in their mind... the problem is that we fight for freedom, but in the same time we imply rules which go and for comedy and for all aspects which remove this whole idea of freedom.

From the book, "Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they are not there.

That day, getting through my world was like trying to swim in a pool of warm mayonnaise while carrying two bowling balls.

Our new routine didn't require a stage or a microphone. Comedy isn't just words, syllables, phonemes. It's not just parking meters and airplane food and bad weather and tired punchlines. It's seeing what no one else sees and saying what no one else wants to say.

I go throw the rough life with comedy.

Comedy is showing the world, the way it is... but with "Insane jokes...".

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?