Quotes of: Joke Keyword

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

David Chase

Humorists are using Twitter to tell jokes in an interesting way. It doesn't have to be profound, and it doesn't have to be earth-shaking, but it is transformative.

James Gleick

I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke.

Judy Greer

My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.

John Hodgman

The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.

P. J. O'Rourke

Randy: Hey Paul, tell us a joke! Paul: Fuck. Damn. Go to Hell. Ass.

Boyhood

Over at the Olivia Pope & Associates set, we're like middle school children. Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around; there's show tunes and fart noises.

Darby Stanchfield

What's fascinating about doing comedy about the referendum is, because it is the first time, it is the most extraordinary atmosphere. You find that if you are making jokes about politicians, it becomes intensely political.

Rory Bremner

Cop663: We broke up in April's fools day, so I took it as a joke. I'm willing to humor her for a month.

Chungking Express

Max Baer: It's no joke, pal. People die in fairy tales all the time.

Cinderella Man

Mitch: Man I hate that guy, he's a jerk. He is a jerk, right? Pink: Yeah. He's kind of a joke.

Dazed and Confused

John: Hey he's reading the Queen... that's an in joke, you know.

A Hard Day's Night

TARS: I have a cue light I can use to show you when I'm joking, if you like.

Interstellar

Raleigh: Are you ever coming home? Margot: Maybe not. Raleigh: You're joking. Margot: No. Raleigh: Well, I want to die.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Sherlock Holmes: [Telling a joke to a prisoner] And he said, "May I push in your stool?" [Raucous Laughter]

Sherlock Holmes

Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Tickets. Money. Speech. Old Washington joke... from my days with Lyndon.

Scent of a Woman

Edward Blake: Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

Watchmen

Adrian Veidt: For someone that calls himself The Comedian, I can never tell when you're joking.

Watchmen

I had my electricity turned off three times because I never had time to pay my bills. It was a joke. I'm making a ton of money, and I'm walking around my apartment with flashlights.

Sherry Stringfield

I was one of those kids who liked a lot of attention. I was always the kid in class who'd be telling jokes and getting in trouble. Theater was a natural way for me to channel that and also become a productive member of society.

Lauren Worsham

My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the world in terms of symbols, which is hard when you just want to make toast.

Libba Bray