Some of the funniest people I know are not screwed up in the head.
My ‘No Parlez’ album in 1983 – which went quadruple platinum – changed my life. The funniest thing though is the pictures we shot for the cover were rubbish, so we had to use a set we’d done for Smash Hits magazine instead.
If you’re serious, you really understand that it’s important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you’re the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you’re funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
I think one of the perks of getting to do comedy is the ability to hang out with the funniest people in the world.
The funniest thing in the world to me is the idea of a white guy in his thirties going, ‘Wait – I’m going to go into hip-hop.’
We would not have ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes.
There’s a viral video of a young girl learning to say ‘who’ but pronouncing it as ‘wah’ which I think could be one of the funniest things that has ever happened.
My brother was an improviser. He’s now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day.
I love funny people. I met and became friends with some of the funniest people ever. Gilda Radner, bless her soul; Martin Short; Dave Thomas; Eugene Levy.
The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year’s Eve in 1981. There were four of us and we’d had a few lagers on the way. One of my mates threw up in the Tube and then stood up and fell over in it. We thought it was the funniest thing we’d ever seen.
I am so proud that ‘Up’ is Pixar’s 10th film. I think it’s the funniest film that we’ve ever made and also one of the most beautiful.
The biggest mistake you can make with a prank show is remove the ‘real’ element, which is the funniest thing.
My dad is the best and funniest newspaper columnist. There is nobody anywhere near as good.
I had seen ‘Avenue Q’ off-Broadway back in 2003 and fell in love with it. I just thought it was the smartest, funniest thing I’d seen in a long time.
When you’re not involved, other people’s unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it’s you, it ceases to be a comedy.
I learned so much from Jane Lynch. She was the funniest and most talented person. She taught me so much about being a performer.
‘The Office’ is clearly the funniest show on TV. But I can’t live without watching ‘Eureka.’ It’s my favorite show of all time, and I watch it constantly on my iPod.
Jin used to be an ordinary guy in the team, but he’s the mood maker now. He’s the most wicked and funniest of all. No one in BTS is normal, though, come to think of it.
I think a lot of podcasts have a lot of amazing character work. Seth Morris does this amazing character, Boch Duco, which I think is one of the funniest, most well-realized characters that I’ve ever seen or heard.
To me, the funniest American of the Twentieth Century is Richard Nixon because he had the most to hide, and he was so bad at hiding it. To me, that’s what’s really funny – people who think they’re doing a great job of hiding stuff, and it just keeps leaking out.
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in my early formative years, I thought it was terrible. Now, I think it’s wonderful. But then, I wanted to do anything but what Busby Berkeley did.
I think it was ‘Tales of Topographic Oceans’ on 8-track that was the funniest thing because it would fade out in the middle of a song and fade back in again, and when the tracks change, it was quite amusing.
I believe that everyone should be treated as an individual. Women should be treated equally in the right to vote, sure. But if I’m paying to see a comedy, then I just want to see who’s funniest, with everyone treated equally.
I personally like Kolarov. He is one of the funniest players I have played with. Every day, he has something new, and he is a funny guy!
George Saunders is the funniest. He makes me laugh in the way I want to laugh – with so much empathy and deep understanding of people. He illuminates things and people I’ve never thought about – and I’ve dedicated my life to the study of people and their idiosyncrasies. He is light years ahead.
At one point, I wrote 20 jokes a day, and I had a commitment to send them to the same three people. Now, I just write down what my husband says in his sleep. He’s the funniest person, even unconscious.
I talk about my life; it is the funniest thing I can think of.
I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.
I probably wouldn’t have pursued comedy further if my friends didn’t tell me that my getting kicked off the stage was the funniest thing they’d ever seen.
Dan Curry is the funniest guy in the world. I can sit in a room with him for hours, and he’s just cracking me up constantly. And Kitao is the next Terry Gilliam. A lot of comedy directors are just comedic writers, but they don’t have any sense of aesthetic or visual vocabulary.
Creativity is all around us, and some of the funniest, most beautiful, and touching moments happen when you least expect it.
The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out.
My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.
I own four copies of Robin WIlliams’s Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents’ house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!
I have a fantastic husband. Here’s the honeymoon part: I still think he’s the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I’ve ever known.
Oftentimes, the funniest comedians are people who’ve gone through personal torment.
I work harder than every single person I know, and the only person that is on the same level as me is my brother. If you look at the top social media stars, it’s me and him. I think that’s our advantage. We’re not the prettiest; we’re not even the funniest, we’re not the wittiest, whatever it is.
To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies.
My grandpa is the funniest person in the world, straight up. But mostly everyone in my family groans when he is ‘on.’ I am his biggest fan.
Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn’t have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you’ll never hear one complaint from her.
My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, ‘You’re the funniest person I know’. I loved that.
The funniest thing that happened was that my dog got recognized but not me.
‘Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
The funniest guy I’ve ever worked with – it’s just one of those things, again, where we look at each other and just laugh – is Jimmy Byrnes from ‘Wiseguy.’ Jimmy – we can’t be in the same room together. He knows he can make me laugh just by looking at me.
There are just so many brilliant voices out there. I’m not the funniest person out there, I’m not the best interviewer. I’m not the best at anything, but I really just am a big fan of everyone. I’m really driven by trying to make sure that representation is out there.
You don’t need a high concept to make a great film, of course. ‘Withnail & I’ is not – it’s probably not much on paper, but it’s one of the funniest films ever made.
The whole thing for me is that I did ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ and I look like a dentist, and I’m a dad. Being known as a dirty comedian turned into this weird thing. It’s people’s image of me.
On ‘Taxi,’ I had the great fortune of directing many wonderful episodes, none more classic than Reverend Jim’s driving test. It was maybe the funniest show I did.
I still like farts. I still think farts are some of the funniest things.
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