#comedy

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. ↗

— Jack Dee

#almost #become #came #comedian #comedy

The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up. ↗

— Jack Dee

#ago #autobiography #back #book #called

I will always love to perform standup comedy. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#comedy #i #love #perform #standup

I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#brooks #comedy #day #fantasy #find

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#comedy #ended #existence #exorcist #me

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#blacks #christians #comedy #comic #elderly

Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it or embrace it. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#come #comedy #concert #either #embrace

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#done #favorite #genre #human #i

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#business #carl #comedy #everything #i

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#comedy #drop #gate #hit #hollywood