Al Franken
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BILLY BOB THORNTON When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at... TAYLOUR PAIGE JULIA ROBERTS I'd say Jon Stewart has remained funny the entire time. Jon always makes it funny first. And he&... NORM MACDONALD LES DAWSON Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble. TAYLOR HAWKINS STEVE CARELL It's funny: I don't know if she babysat, but I spent time with Judy Blume when I was little. DAVID GRANN WILL FERRELL It's a fun job, but it's stressful because you have to be funny. You have to have punch line... STEVE BREEN JANEANE GAROFALO You know, she's a very gracious and funny person. I was racking my brain trying to think of somethin... JOSHUA B. BOLTEN And you know how funny he was, right? CHARLIE BRILL When you don't have a laugh track, you can make the clothes funny. We can make a sign funny. We ... MITCHELL HURWITZ GERARD WAY ADAM WEST I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny. CARROT TOP The funny thing is, I was never purposely blonde. I just got highlights, and then you get highlights... CHERI OTERI Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat... COLIN QUINN I've experienced plenty of times when something I think is funny doesn't do very well. And t... CARROT TOP CASEY WILSON She was gorgeous and very, very funny - not just joke funny. She was a genuine eccentric. BARRY CRYER You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing ... PETE FOUNTAIN RACHEL DRATCH 'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they ... ADAM PALLY When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, ... ALAN RUCK He was a very nice guy, funny. Everybody liked Daniel because he was just funny. JUDY SHEPHERD If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are. H.N. TURTELTAUB JOHN MARSDEN ESTHER WILLIAMS PAULA PELL It's really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, 'I usu... CHELSEA PERETTI STEVEN WRIGHT Girls don't poop, so don't claim you do. You can fart - because farting is funny - but we do... RYAN HANSEN I would really love to do a musical, I don't know in what capacity but something funny. BILLIE PIPER TERRY BRADSHAW ANDY RICHTER You can't be funny if you don't have good material. MATT LEBLANC I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny. DANE COOK DEMETRI MARTIN You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to... LORRIE MOORE I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who cr... MARION BARRY MILTON BERLE BEN STILLER I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas 'are' funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the... JOE MURRAY You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but i... HANK AZARIA I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he&... EUGENE JARECKI I think the best compliment you can receive is not, 'Oh, that was really funny,' but, 'I... ERIK GRIFFIN If I feel you're funny, I want to work with you. DANIELLE SCHNEIDER I m not funny, really m not !!! I just tell people the truth, and then they start laughing and say h... SHASHANKBISHT I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have i... SEAN HAYES I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still fu... CONSTANCE WU My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks E... BAM MARGERA I was doing sketches that were funny, but socially irresponsible. It was encouraged. DAVE CHAPPELLE I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it. IAN HECOX KEVIN SYSTROM I was shocked. John Nicks was ... so mean, but he's so funny. I just didn't think he was going to ta... KURT BROWNING ERIC KRIPKE It was a JOB; the video show was a JOB; you don't tell the Aristocrats joke at 8 o'clock at ... BOB SAGET I don't think I was anything short of ecstatic when I found out 'It's Kind of a Funny St... KEIR GILCHRIST 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 At times it was difficult, funny, cathartic and also very easy to make because, you know, I just kno... ANDY DICK LARRY THE CABLE GUY J. COLE WOODY ALLEN I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking. TANYA ROBERTS I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it wa... SOPHIE MARCEAU STEPHEN COLBERT There are some extremely acceptable male comedians out there: Joel Osteen, Abraham Lincoln, the man ... ELLIE KEMPER JOE ROGAN ELLEN DEGENERES With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laug... BROOKE NEVIN What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha? IAN HAY (PSEUDONYM OF MAJOR JOHN HAY BEITH) I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on some... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I watched a porno once, it was really funny. KATIE HOLMES BIL KEANE It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed.... RAMI MALEK I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have ... CHRIS O'DOWD
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ROSE FRANKEN Never Muddy the People you Love ROSE FRANKEN Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ROSE FRANKEN The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorro... AL-HASAN AL-BASRI AL GORE AL GORE Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. AL JARREAU AL GOLDSTEIN My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuf... AL JARDINE People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We l... AL ROKER AL GORE AL GORE AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL SHARPTON Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognitio... AL PEACOCK I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a ... AL PAZAR There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be ... AL PAZAR Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish. AL PAZAR Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. Th... AL PAZAR It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-a... AL PAZAR That's fine if you keep playing this record over and over. It is going to be a very strong spring. T... AL PARISH It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that indust... AL PARISH Even though it's not the biggest property, it's getting in excess of $300 a night for a room. That's... AL PARISH It doesn't mean that everybody's condo went up 37 percent. It means they built more expensive condos... AL PARISH CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT That's Fry. She settled down and came through for us. AL NORTHINGTON We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit. AL NORTHINGTON We didn't finish in that game. Tonight we finished. AL NORTHINGTON We made some mental mistakes, but we're still so young, and that's going to happen. Our four freshme... AL NORTHINGTON I'm so proud of these kids. It's a wonderful feeling to see these kids progress. This is a win for t... AL NORTHINGTON The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic gr... AL HUBBARD The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. AL HUBBARD It's coming from the American taxpayer. AL HUBBARD The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth. AL HUBBARD Poverty is a lagging indicator. It is sort of the last ratio that declines with an expanding economy... AL HUBBARD The president is totally committed to Social Security reform. AL HUBBARD Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We'... AL HORFORD Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villa... AL HORFORD It's great to see your son doing his job on the court. But it was no surprise. AL HORFORD There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times... AL HORFORD We're so anxious for the game to get here. AL HORFORD We lost most of our scoring (from a year ago). But we knew we were going to come out here and make t... AL HORFORD You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it. AL HORFORD You could just see it in their eyes. That's when we go for the kill. AL HORFORD I am feeling a lot better; I'm taking care of myself drinking a lot of fluids and stuff. So I feel p... AL HORFORD They were leaving the wrong guy open. When you leave Lee, he's going to make you pay for it. AL HORFORD [He could belt out traditional blues and jazz with the best of them, but -- to the dismay of jazz pu... AL HIRT I don't know, ... I do not know. AL HIRT I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. AL HIRT The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ... AL HIRT When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo... AL HIRT Rich could play way better than Krupa. AL HIRT Old Sharkey had a fat sound, man. He could blow like wild fire and when he played, I am telling you,... AL HIRT I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business. AL HIRT A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. AL HIRT You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested ... AL HIRSCHFELD We arrived at Penn Station, took the Amsterdam Avenue street car to the end of the line. There was a... AL HIRSCHFELD You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done, ... I am only intereste... AL HIRSCHFELD When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go. AL HIRSCHFELD Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. AL HIRSCHFELD $250,000 isn't a lot, but it is enough to make a statement. We are looking for projects that will be... AL HENRY I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex... AL HENRY Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine. AL HENRY This is an OK way to end it. As far as I'm concerned, our team is the winner. AL HENRY I know the feds give us the same amount of money, as does the state, as does the county. But there's... AL HARTKOPF A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap. AL HARTKOPF I knew it was going to end up badly. AL HARTKOPF If it causes a little bit of difficulty for us, it just does. AL HARTKOPF I have very mixed feelings on it. I totally get where the commissioners are coming from. I see the p... AL HARTKOPF Would've, could've, should've. The bottom line is we didn't do it. AL HARRIS
I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you t... 
I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and le... 
I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don... 
A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a ... 
I was always a funny guy. I don't think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn'... 
No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny as a person toward my classmates ... 
I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction... 
When a dramatic actor does a funny film, people are like, 'Wonderful! I didn't know he was f... 
I don't know. I think it's funny! I think it's funny! I go, what? It's so absurd. I&... 
I'm quite sarcastic, and I'm funny, but not kind of funny. It's a weird funny, and some ... 
Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I'... 
I was born to be funny. 
I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... 
If you try to be funny, you're not being funny. 
I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell? 
I think all good drama is funny. All the best drama is ultimately very funny. Life is funny. You can... 
It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't li... 
How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's ... 
You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. ... 
I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been consi... 
One time, Bert and I were making out for so long it wasn't even funny..But then it was funny. 
To play the leading man in a 'Three Stooges' movie, you've got to think funny. Thank God... 
I guess funny people are attracted to funny people, and then you get comedy marriages. 
I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one e... 
It'd be funny if one of them was called Gavin. Funny but irrelevant. 
I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're... 
If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because s... 
When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never... 
You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then... 
Since she got a cause and stopped being funny. I think she's real funny, but lately it's all... 
I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny. 
Now a 'funnyman' can get a laugh before opening his mouth - looking funny. Lou Costello was ... 
I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you... 
It's funny: I was a photographer before I was a programmer. 
You think you're funny? 
As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're lau... 
I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't ser... 
I think being funny is not anyone's first choice. 
The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There... 
Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even fun... 
People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant. 
I don't just try to be funny. 
You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything ... 
My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have acce... 
When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't e... 
I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are co... 
Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in ... 
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. 
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire. 
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal... 
To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If yo... 
I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best. 
It has to be the '80 Olympic hockey team.