Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.
It's funny because I grew up with the T.V. on 24 hours a day. And the more money I made, the more T.V.s we had.
I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.
The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.
The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.
I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.
The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.
I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it.
I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.
There's only one true superpower amongst human beings, and that is being funny. People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.
Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or produces the most funny.
Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America?
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.
I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.
I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I guess that's why it's so thrilling.
In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.
That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.
