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I love Lucille Ball. But you don't call that Shakespeare. It's just entertainment, you know. And if you like that, then go have a ball, have fun.
- Butch Trucks
The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.
- Tina Fey
The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.
- Mark Twain
There's no such thing as an uninteresting life, such a thing is an impossibility. Beneath the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, a tragedy.
- Mark Twain
Do you know what I like about comedy? You can't laugh and be afraid at the same timeā€”of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.
- Stephen Colbert
If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!
- Stephen Colbert
I thought I had more of a European sense of humour than the average American comic.
- Bo Burnham
Having a co-host helps, because the humour comes through the banter you have with them.
- Karan Wahi
My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed.
- Will Smith
The letters I really love are from young actresses who were worried they had to fit a certain look. They say I've opened it up. And I don't just mean plus-size girls. You can push things now. With all the great performances in 'Bridesmaids', it changed how people see funny women.
- Melissa McCarthy
Don't worry, I'm hilarious.
- Bo Burnham
It's amazing how much funny stuff there is.... [A] river of rich comedic milk is flowing across the land, and as fast as I skim off the cream more cream appears.... I may be doomed to wade around forever in other people's pith. Not that it's such a bad life.
- Robert Byrne