Quotes about Humor

“I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.”

“Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.”

“You either have chemistry or you don't, but a lot of what attracts me is a guy's mind and humor and talent. I need to get to know all those things before I fall for someone.”

“Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.”

“I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.”

“A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.”

“I talk about race and culture, and that's what my fans respond to. If you grew up in an environment where race and culture were never an issue for you, or where you don't see the humor in our so-called differences, then you might not respond to what I'm doing.”

“You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.”

“The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.”

“And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.”

“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.”

“Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.”

“Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it's the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me.”

“What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy!”

“We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.”

“I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.”

“I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.”

“The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.”

“People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and I always say it's a sense of humor. If you've got nothing but a sense of humor, you will survive.”

“I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.”

“I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.”