Greatest Comedy Quotes

#1. Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

Adriana Trigiani

#2. I do love comedy, I have to say. That's one of the greatest things about being an actor: You get to try new things and play around in different genres.

Stuart Townsend

#3. My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities.

Nick Offerman

#4. I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it.

Steve Martin

#5. Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

Matt Chandler

#6. Comedy ... is much harder to do than drama. It's not true that laugh and the world laughs with you. It's very hard to make a group of people laugh at the same thing; much easier to make them cry at the same thing ... That's why great comic acting is probably the greatest acting there is.

Glenda Jackson

#7. That's the greatest thing about comedy. If you've got talent, it's unmistakable. No one misses it and you don't have to wait around for a break. It's very easy to get a break. It's very hard to be good enough.

Judd Apatow

#8. I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part and parcel. I think the greatest social activists are comedians.

Alanis Morissette

#9. Maggie Smith has a unique sense of comedy, based on a somewhat ironic view of real life, making it both funnier and more sad. But perhaps her greatest ability, or at least the one that most intrigues me, is how she can convey deep and powerful emotion without a trace of sentimentality.

Julian Fellowes

#10. Men automatically know from the moment she opens her mouth that if they want her, they'll have to get in line whith her standards and requirments, or keep it moving because she's done with the games and isn't interested in playing.

Steve Harvey

#11. To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.

Ilyas Kassam

#12. The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!'

Paul Feig

#13. Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

Cary Grant

#14. When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things I've ever done.

John Krasinski

#15. Mark Twain said, "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." Dorsey Bing said, "I'll take womankind's greatest blessing: more wine.

CeCe Osgood

#16. Can you let your son's body become the same temperature as your son's head before you turn this into a political campaign against the president? Could you do that?

Glenn Beck

#17. In every heart, there lives a Jack Kearns.

Rick Yancey

#18. perhaps the greatest poem ever written

Rod Dreher

#19. Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.

Cindy Ross

#20. Make your life the greatest story ever told!

Marie Guillaume

#21. This is your first time and you'd love her to provide you with a to-do list and also any information you might not think of. She

Kate White

#22. I take ballet class as often as possible - up to 5 times a week - and try to go to the gym on the days that I don't take class. I also do a floor barre/Pilates mat class almost everyday.

Amanda Schull

#23. You say love is just a four letter word.

Bob Dylan

#24. Comedy is the only profession where love from a stranger is better than love from a family member. You need to perform for strangers to see if you're really funny. If they laugh and cheer, it's the greatest thing in the world.

Jay Leno

#25. I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira.
Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our relationship.

Dan Wells

#26. If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.

Jamie Farr