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I am huge fan of Australian comedy. 'Strictly Ballroom' is one of my favorite movies. Definitely the British Commonwealth's sensibility is where I draw a lot of my influences.

Quotes by Jonathan Krisel

Certain shows, when it's all comedy, it's like when you eat something that's too sweet and it just tastes gross. You need that salted caramel.

Quotes by Jonathan Krisel

A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from 'The Simpsons.' To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.

Quotes by Jonah Hill

I think comedy can be a way of sugar-coating a pill that needs to be taken, and whatever I complain about onstage, I hope I justify the negativity by using humour to make the point.

Quotes by Jon Richardson

The whole - it's the economy's bad. It's bad for everybody. I have my own comedy club. I opened it three years ago in a horrible economy. I created jobs. And we just started breaking even after a year and...

Quotes by Jon Lovitz

There is that stereotype of a nerd with the high pants and pocket protector and that kind of thing. That can sustain comedy for maybe a movie - hence the 'Revenge of the Nerds' franchise - but not for hopefully...

Quotes by Johnny Galecki

It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents.

Quotes by John Tiffany

The days are long. I'm not complaining, but it's a lot of work doing a single-camera comedy.

Quotes by John Ross Bowie

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

Quotes by John Oliver

I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.

Quotes by John Oliver

Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.

Quotes by John Michael Higgins

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

Quotes by John Lithgow

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

Quotes by John Leeson

I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of.

Quotes by John Krasinski

Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.

Quotes by John Lahr

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

Quotes by John Landis

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

Quotes by John DiMaggio

I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to musical auditions because the agent I had insisted I go to them.

Quotes by John Cullum

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

Quotes by John Cleese

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

Quotes by John Cleese

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the deeper reason behind comedy, according to these quotes?
A surprisingly emotional one. One quote puts it simply: "The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain." It suggests humor often works as a cover for something harder underneath.
Do these quotes connect comedy to dark or difficult topics?
Yes — one speaker explains, "Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it." It's about using humor as a coping tool, not just entertainment.
Is there a quote about the history of stand-up comedy?
Yes — one speaker mentions pitching a show spanning generations of "five female stand-up comedians," naming a range "from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer." For more on the people behind the punchlines, see our Comedians quotes.
What kind of comedy does one speaker say they want to pursue?
Something old-fashioned and character-driven: "An old-codger comedy - that's what I want to do." It's a specific, playful vision for a comedic project. For more on comedic performers, browse our Comedian collection.
Where can I find more comedy content beyond quotes?
Our Comedic page has more in this same reflective tone, and if you enjoy wordplay in a different language tradition, our Shayari collection offers a fun alternative.

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