Quotes about Funny

“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”

“I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.”

“Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.”

“For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.”

“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”

“'Smart Funny & Black' came about because I felt that black comedians were being considered as only capable of a certain type of comedy - sort of physical, kind of silly - and I felt like we are not a monolith, and our comedy isn't, either.”

“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

“I have so much respect for what's funny.”

“I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.”

“You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.”

“I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.”

“Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.”

“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”

“Atlanta might have snow and Macon might have good weather, and they're not really far apart. But there's a period of time in the year where the gnats get all over your face and they bite you. And the Macon crowd, it's funny, but they can sit there like nothing's happening and there can be gnats just biting the hell out of your face.”

“I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.”

“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.”

“People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.”

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”

“I put my parents through mini hell with my laziness and poor grades, so I love making them laugh when they see me on television. When I work, I'm always thinking, 'Would my mother find this funny?' The belly-laugh jokes will hit her every time.”

“I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!”

“All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.”