Humor Quotes
“You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.”
“Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.”
-- Jeff Ross
“My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.”
-- Carl Hiaasen
“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.”
-- Delta Burke
“I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.”
-- Ari Graynor
“I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.”
-- Patricia Clarkson