Top 135 Comedic Quotes

I dress like a boy most of the time because I like what’s comfortable, so sometimes when I have to wear dresses and makeup, it’s kind of comedic. I take lots of pictures on my cell phone: ‘Look, I’m dressed like a girl! Surprise!’

I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.

I think it’s actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.

Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors – one of my favorite directors that I’ve worked with to date.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

At 21, my career took a comedic turn when I was cast in a new Broadway play called ‘Brooklyn Boy,’ by Donald Margulies, which was equal parts funny and sad. I realized that the more seriously I expressed my character’s feelings, the funnier the scene became.

Soulja Boy is on his dance, down south, young, 18-year-old, comedic swag. It’s really just each person’s personality; if every rapper had the same swag, it would be kind of boring.

Ooh, it’s too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets – although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept.

I love any comedic zombie movies.

I think David Hewlett is a comedic genius. I think he’s great.

Many regard freemasonry as an 18th-century boys’ club, all funny aprons and comedic handshakes. That’s good for the masons themselves, but it’s our mistake. The most senior figures are listed, but surely that’s a sop because, all the while, the vast majority of lay members, ‘the brotherhood,’ remain anonymous.

I’ve been on shows that are very comedic and happy, and you really only get to see one side of my personality. They’re not shows about my life or my music, or my struggle or anything like that. They’re shows where you pretty much see me laughing and smiling all the time.

I like musicals that are sometimes comedic, but I haven’t even seen the Monty Python musical, and I’m a huge Monty Python fan.

The more comedic roles come easier to me though because I see myself as a silly, easy-going person.

We never intended to be comedic directors; it was just something we fell into.

I’m labeled a comedic actor, which is awesome. But I love getting the occasional dramatic role, too. Some of your best dramatic actors are ultimately comedians.

There’s a ‘Seinfeld’ episode, where he talks about why he can’t get angry, because his voice rises to a comedic pitch and no one takes him seriously – and that’s true of me, too.

Miz & Morrison, ‘The Greatest Tag Team of the 21st Century,’ was fun because Miz and I have great comedic chemistry for backstage segments and our Internet show, ‘The Dirt Sheet.’

I try to think of myself as both comedic and dramatic.

Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.

The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who’s really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.

You have a dramatic portion of your television program and you treat it dramatically, and then you have a comedic portion of your program, and you treat it differently. Why do you change who are between the two pieces? You’re the same person. Just go.

On my Nickelodeon shows – ‘Victorious’ is my seventh show for the channel – there’s this same distinct comedic voice that goes throughout. I’m not saying it’s brilliant, but it works and kids think it’s funny.

The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren’t interested in politics and would be more interested if it’s brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

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.

‘Rubberneck’ has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

I’ve grown as a storyteller, and my comedic timing has gotten better.

Writing ‘Deadpool’ can be a lot of fun. When I first started working with the character, I wasn’t sure I’d like him. I quickly realized, though, that a writer can do pretty much anything with him – comedic stories, serious stories, completely nonsensical stories.

I did nothing but dramas for seven years in New York. I didn’t really start anything comedic until I moved out to L.A. and found The Groundlings.

Albert Brooks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Larry David. The best comedic actors play broad and real simultaneously, coming across as both larger than life and all too human.

I do feel like in filmmaking you are largely in control of the perception of you. If you want to be seen as the comedic person you’ve got to write a comedy and go after that.

The odd thing is how, I think, the intensity and devotion to my craft and the intensity of certain performances or types of roles I’ve played overshadow the comedic stints that I’ve had. ‘Darjeeling Limited’ is a comedy; The ‘Brothers Bloom’ is a comedy.

Really good comedic roles for women are far and between, with the exception of ‘Bridesmaids,’ where everyone said it broke down so many doors for women – and it did. I would like to do something like that. I think it would be really great!

I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend.

I always loved the creative process, from ‘Shakespeare in Love’ to ‘Finding Neverland’ to ‘Basquiat’; whether it’s serious, or it’s comedic, whether it’s the ‘inside look’ at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.

Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.

A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.

I never really considered ‘Quantum & Woody’ a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire.

With a lot of my comedic heroes, I’m trying to make sure that, wherever they might have gotten off-track a bit, I’ve learned that lesson.

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that’s fine, but we don’t need to see you do a ‘Schindler’s List,’ where there’s no jokes or music or comedic through-line.

I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred.

The apartheid people were actors, and they had to act out their part in their beliefs every day. That’s why we always saw them as being comedic.

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.

When I read the ‘Ugly Betty’ pilot, I thought, ‘Oh, this part’s funny.’ I said to my husband, ‘I’m going to get it!’ But based on what? All my exquisite comedic work in a Nike commercial?

I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.

I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be, what the video has to be like, what the song has to sound like, to make it successful.

A part of me wants to rely less and less on comedic visuals and make more substantial standalone music. And get a sitcom on TV where I can let my comedy do the talking there.

I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.

Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.

The reason I don’t do the Flair Flop anymore is because women’s wrestling is being taken so seriously. I’ll only perform something comedic like that at a house show.

With comedic actors, you can write one joke or two jokes, sample dialogue, and they have the capacity to extrapolate.

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build a comedic premise.

I don’t think comedic parts come naturally to me.

I do think, oddly, that a comedic actor has a better chance of pulling off a dramatic role than a great dramatic actor has of being able to pull off a highly comedic role.

A lot of the work I’ve been doing on camera has been me speaking on trans issues and illuminating things in a comedic way. That isn’t the focus of my personal art, I guess, but it’s a privilege for any artist to get to make stuff that isn’t just about their oppression or strife or struggle.