When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny.
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Related When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doi... WHOOPI GOLDBERG I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn o... JENNY ECLAIR When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, ... ALAN RUCK I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious. FAITH PRINCE I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young. DAKOTA JOHNSON I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflic... MATT DILLON I guess funny people are attracted to funny people, and then you get comedy marriages. CASEY WILSON I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the ... ROBERT KNEPPER Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just... SPOKEN REASONS I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I ... ALAN ZWEIBEL Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell som... DEMETRI MARTIN I didn't think some of the comedy was current enough to be funny today, GARRY MARSHALL I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting c... SANDRA BULLOCK Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love t... SIMONE ELKELES I really like the idea that Mark appeals to so many people because he just is who he is. He's not po... REESE WITHERSPOON All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other ... WILL FERRELL I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. JAMES L. BROOKS I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up ... NATASHA LEGGERO I don't see much comedy in the Bible, where people are writing about funny people. It's not ... BILL COSBY I always laugh when I listen to my old stuff. I was just trying way too much back then. Doing too ma... BRYSON TILLER I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other ... WILL FERRELL You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch come... MICHAEL SHOWALTER When they first start doing comedy, new comics or even people that have only been doing it three or ... ERIK GRIFFIN When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally ev... STEVE MARTIN Men and women do have different perspectives on comedy and I think we have different approaches to w... SOLON I was always a funny guy. I don't think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn'... RON WHITE In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the come... BLAKE JENNER It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboardin... ROB MCELHENNEY When he had a scene, we would stand like a set away and watch, and we were just cracking up. He woul... REESE WITHERSPOON But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an ... DEMETRI MARTIN The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There... STEPHEN COLBERT I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one e... RACHEL DRATCH I think people were just seriously happy to find a funny woman who does comedy like a man. Because I... LISA LAMPANELLI We were trying to make a movie that was funny, but also trying to be smart about being funny. We jus... ANDY BADER He didn't laugh when he thought something was funny--he laughed when he was happy. RAINBOW ROWELL I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you... RALPH BROWN When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of c... SUSAN SARANDON He was a very nice guy, funny. Everybody liked Daniel because he was just funny. JUDY SHEPHERD I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who a... MARIA SHRIVER I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comed... SANJEEV BHASKAR 'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy a... JONAH HILL I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually t... TODD BARRY I don't think I'm a funny person in general. I have had to learn comedy. ASHTON KUTCHER I love making people laugh. I'm not scared to do much of anything. It's definitely physical comedy w... JAKE SLAUGHTER You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to ... BILL BURR I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China calle... ELIZA COUPE I think I'm one of those guys who was sort of always in comedy. I thought of myself - and other ... ANDY DALY I love funny people, and when I'm with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdnes... PAUL FEIG During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these fu... JERRY STILLER I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer ... JASON MANTZOUKAS I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something ex... BRUCE ROBINSON When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We d... STEPHEN ROOT Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, b... BOB SAGET I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I ... AMANDA BYNES I was doing sketches that were funny, but socially irresponsible. It was encouraged. DAVE CHAPPELLE When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, ... MICK FOLEY When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way ... BRUCE MCGILL I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star ... LEBRON JAMES Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try... JENNIFER ANISTON I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don... MAYA RUDOLPH There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny. KATE MCKINNON You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work ... ZACHARY KNIGHTON I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnie... SETH ROGEN It's a very funny play. The music is just tremendous; it's a comedy with opera mixed in. BRYAN ADAMS It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.... RACHAEL HARRIS After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in th... KEVIN SPACEY I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious. UZO ADUBA I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously come... JASON WILES I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being enc... DAVE CHAPPELLE I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I&... EMMA STONE I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred A... CECILY STRONG Two things I really wanted to be: a stand-up comic or a New York Yankee - or a really funny New York... BILLY CRYSTAL I can't tell if I want to be a rapper who's funny because I kind of enjoy just doing really ... AWKWAFINA I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, ... R. L. STINE I'm doing a pilot for Comedy Central with the band Steel Panther. They're faux heavy metal. ... BRIAN POSEHN I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's al... DREW CAREY Watch, Listen, & Learn . . . Broaden your sense of humor by watching funny movies and shows... SUSAN C. YOUNG I have done a sketch show almost every year since I started in 1975. I have also had a go several ti... LENNY HENRY There is a double standard out there. Comedy is a male business; it's not ladylike what we're doing.... WANDA SYKES I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitte... BILLY MAGNUSSEN He was one of the few in television who could always be counted on to deliver comedy that was smart ... HOWARD ROSENBERG Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny. DOUG STANHOPE I started to respect older actors when I was young and then contemporary actors later on. Then I lea... ANNE MEARA I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happe... JOE ROGAN I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or drama... MIREILLE ENOS You could watch Laurel and Hardy for three minutes trying to get into a berth in a train. And that's... MICHAEL RICHARDS I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny. NORA DUNN As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy ... SOPHIE THOMPSON When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at... TAYLOUR PAIGE Anytime there's a bad female stand-up somewhere, some dickhead Interblogger will deduce that “wome... TINA FEY I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of... CHELSEA PERETTI I nannied for a couple of months. The kids were super-funny; it made me wish I grew up in a comedy h... NIKKI GLASER I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't ser... J. COLE If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club,... RON WHITE I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater... EMMA STONE Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some peop... ERIC IDLE Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat... COLIN QUINN I've been doing stand-up just about every night since I started in 1989. It's my home base. ... JUDAH FRIEDLANDER No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny as a person toward my classmates ... ROWAN ATKINSON
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MICHAEL SHOWALTER Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents. MICHAEL ASTON Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and mo... MICHAEL MORPURGO Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in o... MICHAEL MORPURGO War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want peo... MICHAEL MORPURGO The big relationships you make in your life are with those that you love and if things do go wrong t... MICHAEL MORPURGO I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for tr... MICHAEL MORPURGO We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really... MICHAEL MORPURGO By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to... MICHAEL MORPURGO To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable. MICHAEL MORPURGO Write because you love it and not because it is something that you think you should do. Always write... MICHAEL MORPURGO One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeedi... MICHAEL MORPURGO Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us. MICHAEL MORPURGO The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk t... MICHAEL MORPURGO Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers. MICHAEL MORPURGO It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still... MICHAEL MORPURGO Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you wi... MICHAEL MORPURGO Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a schoo... MICHAEL MORPURGO Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through ... MICHAEL MORPURGO Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to undere... MICHAEL MORPURGO Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at a... MICHAEL MORPURGO It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwritin... MICHAEL MORPURGO My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of ... MICHAEL KORS Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you. MICHAEL POLLAN 'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable... MICHAEL SHEEN One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. MICHAEL PALIN The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown o... GEORGE MICHAEL A lot of children are interested in fairies, especially young girls, and Tinker Bell is the ueber-fa... MICHAEL SHEEN Once something is a passion, the motivation is there. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER