Quotes about Funny

“Society is held together by duct tape and a lot of these fragile mechanisms are starting to break down. I have found a way to make that funny.”

“Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.”

“A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.”

“Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down; I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age.”

“I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.”

“Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.”

“Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.”

“Everyone wants to be funny. Maybe not everyone, but to an extent.”

“It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.”

“I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.”

“I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.”

“When I first started, I wasn't trying to go viral. I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy.”

“Comedy and tragedy co-exist. You can't have one without the other. I'm of the school that anything can be funny if seen from a comedic point of view.”

“I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.”

“I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.”

“I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.”

“I love my brothers' kids. It's funny - as an uncle, you become so protective of them.”

“The funny thing is that I had never actually watched TV.”

“I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.”

“'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.”

“My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I'm very 'preacher-ish' on stage, not by intent but because that's where I learned to talk in front of people.”