I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor – a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you can’t read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesn’t read that way.
I like people with a good sense of humor, like Jennifer Aniston. She is amazing and is a great actress.
Guys usually like my sense of humor, and I am pretty down to earth. And I’m a driven person.
I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.
I don’t think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
I don’t happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don’t know what’s funny about a character… This happens to be a feature of my life generally.
Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.
Humor and laughter – not necessarily derogatory derision – are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously – for fear of dying of boredom.
If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it’s usually put-down humor. It’s like somebody being mean or cynical or thoughtless to another person. I never wanted to be that type of comedian.
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
I’ve always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don’t say anything for shock value.
If I can’t see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?
I think it’s critical, a sense of humor. It did help me – it does help me, continuously.
Humor helps people open up.
My dad was a very funny man – he’s the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I’m sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I’ve got a dry sense of humor.
‘Big Bang Theory’ is not my kind of show. It’s not my humor. I don’t like multicam comedies. I don’t want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
I like George Carlin’s jokes. I like his humor. He’s one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.
I don’t have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
I don’t really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
I’ve had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.
I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it’s humor, sometimes it’s listening.
Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.
When a chick has a sense of humor, there’s nothing more attractive.
I’ll let you in on a secret: I can’t stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It’s just a different style of humor.
Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.
A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it’s in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.
I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor.
I’m a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you’re supposed to feel all kinds of things.
I’m a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior, and not from the jokes. I don’t think jokes are funny. Humor comes out of character and out of situations the character is in.
It’s our most underrated value, I think, as human beings is our sense of humor. It’s how we choose our friends.
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
I don’t think you can define how you acquire your imagination any more than you can define why one person has a sense of humor and another doesn’t. But I certainly would lean to the side that says all those solitary hours of daydreaming were a kind of training for poetry.
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader’s defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
I’m not too modest of a person. I’ve got a pretty blue sense of humor.
One of my favorite things about ‘Star Trek’ wasn’t just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.
I tend to like dry humor.
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
It’s always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it’s just hilarious.
Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.
Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don’t work for me. I like to cover science and unexpected things happening in labs. Also, theoretical research doesn’t work for my style. I need scenes and interactions. Then, humor. I’m having the most fun when I can have fun with my work.
My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.
SpongeBob is a complete innocent – not an idiot. SpongeBob never fully realizes how stupid Patrick is. They’re whipping themselves up into situations – that’s always where the humor comes from.
Roosevelt’s humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.
Believe it or not, there’s a lot of humor in ‘Mad Men.’ Especially in the dark moments.
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way – you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.
In the ‘Hurt Locker’ there’s a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.
There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.
Laughter is an instant vacation.
I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.
I like being a Baha’i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
It’s funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They’re usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.
People are texting and smash into the car in front of them – I think there is some humor in that. And the virtual games. People are playing these virtual games, but they’re real – I mean, the people are really playing, but it’s not a game.
Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don’t really think of myself as ‘writing humor.’ I’m simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.
Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes.
I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It’s how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.
There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it’s all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be.