If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill whats funny in the joke. – Richard Russo
For some reason and I dont know why, but I dont think that Im funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere. – Kevin James
I took P.S. I Love You thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film. – Hilary Swank
I think Saturday Night Live, starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner. – Emma Stone
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. Its not very funny, but its sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. – Tahar Ben Jelloun
Theres always something funny about men chasing women. – David Spade
I dont know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why hes funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. – Paul Lynde
I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isnt necessarily funny. – Seth Rogen
I cant watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. Thats my job. – Jenny Eclair
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didnt know that funny women existed. It wasnt until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny. – Jenny Eclair
Straight men just cant imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do. – Graham Norton
We live in a funny time. If you dont go corporate, you cant compete. Youre relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that. – Ethan Hawke
You cant teach somebody how to be funny. Youre either funny, or you aint. – Denis Leary
The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and hes still as funny as hes ever been, and hes still angry. And that makes me feel good, because I feel like if I stick around long enough, Ill still be able to work. – Denis Leary
The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like Mad Men is disgusting. Its a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it. – Jonah Hill
Funny People is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though its a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didnt feel like I was playing myself. Whether its a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible. – Jonah Hill
I dont want to be the one to break it to you, but the future aint that funny. – Albert Brooks
Twitter, to me, works if youre funny. Twitter doesnt work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally. – Albert Brooks
Ive been to many funerals of funny people, and theyre some of the funniest days youll ever have, because the emotions run high. – Albert Brooks
I think a lot of times on TV we see caricatures – thats whats funny. – Mayim Bialik
