Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When were dead earnest, humor is the only thing that is dead. – Flip Wilson
I dont believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. Its funny because its ridiculous and its ridiculous for different reasons at different times. – Jackie Mason
There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so Ill be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be comedies and not female or male, and everyone gets an equal opportunity. – Kristen Wiig
But if something funny happens, I cant resist. I have to tell the people. – Kathy Griffin
Ive always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something. – Carl Hiaasen
Everyone comes up to me saying, Cooee, Julie! Hello! as if I know them. Of course I dont bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, Ooh, love, go easy. For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. – Julie Walters
Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking Can women be funny? People still ask that. Its like asking: Can women breathe in and out? – Julie Walters
Its a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. Its funny and accessible. – Johnny Knoxville
Its a funny thing – when Im crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them! – Emily Giffin
Its really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching Daddys Little Girls literally in tears. – Idris Elba
I wouldnt totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But Im not going to go out of my way. – Joe Rogan
The audience changes every night. Youre the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh. – Joe Rogan
The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I dont know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time. – Joe Rogan
I think its always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. – Steve Coogan
But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – Steve Coogan
One lion thinks its just hilarious to tackle us. Hes very funny about it… and we always know when it will happen. – Tippi Hedren
Its funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you. – Guy Pearce
Comedians dont laugh. Theyre too busy analyzing why its funny or not. – James Lipton
I cant not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me. – Greg Kinnear
People often ask me how I make things funny. I dont make things funny. – Richard Russo
