Quotes about comedy
1,001 quotes from 337 people
Ricky Gervaisborn 1961“Inside the Actors Studio,” 2009
Burt Reynolds1936–2018“Burt Reynolds Has Made Mistakes. But He Regrets Nothing.” in The New York Times (23 March 2018). Chosen as the Quote of the Day for 6 September 2018.- Burt Reynolds1936–2018Attributed to Reynolds in: Orange Coast Magazine, Oct. 1984. p. 143
My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.
Burt Reynolds1936–2018In: Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce (1972). Time, Vol. 100. p. 43
Geoffrey Hintonborn 1947Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks (2000), On his childhood.Laughter is a basic human need, along with love, and food, and an HBO subscription.
Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)I grew up here in Washington, D.C., back during the quaint, old-fashioned “Rule of Law” period.
Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)- Julia Louis-Dreyfusborn 1961Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)
In terms of like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.
John Mulaneyborn 1982New in Town (2012)I was raised Catholic. I don’t know if you can tell that from the everything about me.
John Mulaneyborn 1982The Comeback Kid (2015)I like having a puppy that’s a bulldog, ‘cause it’s like having a baby that is also a grandma.
John Mulaneyborn 1982The Comeback Kid (2015)For those of you who aren’t Catholic, I don’t mean to exclude you, although we love to exclude you.
John Mulaneyborn 1982The Comeback Kid (2015)It’s easy to make people think you’re a gangster. It’s hard to convince the feds you’re not.
Ice-Tborn 1958Twitter, (20 September 2019)
Michael Caineborn 1933On Jaws: The Revenge (1987); interview in Cosmopolitan, cited in The Salina Journal (4 December 1994), p. 16When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Statement to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington (17 March 1865)