Best Comedic Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Every time they shared their talent, they discovered that one of them had a unique gift. Clio had always possessed a keen mind and an ability to remember and recite facts after hearing them only once, but after they performed that skit for Apollo and Hermes, Clio's powerful intelligence had amplified. Just as Thalia's ability to make people laugh and forget their troubles had intensified so much that it cleared the clouds away and brought in sunshine.”

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Book:Bemused

Source: Bemused

“Holly was staring at me. "Who were you talking to just then?" "No one! You!" "I don't believe you." "Look, does it really matter right now?" "If we're going to be working together, Lucy...." "Oh, hell! All right! I'll tell you! It's an evil haunted skull that lives in my backpack! Happy, now?”

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Book:The Hollow Boy

Source: The Hollow Boy

“Take me not for a dullard, My Lord. She has no baggage.”

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Book:The Recognition

Source: The Recognition

“I am no fruit, My Lord.”

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Book:The Recognition

Source: The Recognition

“It was the kind of town that made you feel like Humphrey Bogart: you came in on a bumpy little plane, and, for some mysterious reason, got a private room with balcony overlooking the town and the harbor; then you sat there and drank until something happened.”

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Book:The Rum Diary

Source: The Rum Diary

“Them Frenchies!’ ‘Unchristian, that’s what I call ’em,’ responded Mr. Stubbs severely. ‘I fair compassionate that wench.”

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Book:The Talisman Ring

Source: The Talisman Ring

“But it is infamous that they have not told you!’ declared Eustacie. ‘Je n’en reviendrai jamais!’ ‘If it’s all the same to you, miss, I’d just as soon you’d talk in a Christian language,’ said Mr. Stubbs.”

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Book:The Talisman Ring

Source: The Talisman Ring

“He was not at the moment in very good odour at Bow Street. Such epithets as Blockhead and Blunderer had been used in connection with his last case. 'Jeremiah Stubbs, miss,’ said the Runner. ‘I am here in the execution of my dooty.”

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Book:The Talisman Ring

Source: The Talisman Ring

“Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.”

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Author:Tracy Morgan

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

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Author:Sara Paxton

“I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.”

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Author:Busy Philipps

“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.”

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Author:Octavia Spencer

“And I do think that great fiction, even when it's comedic, has an urgency or an inevitability to it, a sense that the writer absolutely had to write this particular story in this way.”

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Author:Karen Russell

“My instincts are not comedic.”

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Author:Josh Lucas

“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.”

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Author:Analeigh Tipton

“I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.”

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Author:Ryan McPartlin

“I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.”

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Author:Will Ferrell

“Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff, but I just want to have fun. I want to make people laugh.”

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Author:Megan Hilty

“When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?”

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Author:Carol Burnett

“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.”

“Anything has a rhythm to it, comedy or drama. There has to be a musicality to it. And everybody can't play the same instrument, ideally. But I think that we all have the same comedic tendencies, and that's why it works. We all sort of agree with what's funny.”

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Author:Bradley Cooper

“I've learned a lot from doing the sitcom. I've learned so much about comedic timing. For all the movies I've done, I've played so many different roles. I love both, but I guess in my career maybe I want to stick more to film.”

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Author:Kaitlyn Dever

“I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.”

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Author:Michael Madsen

“Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the audience. I think lofty emotions are somehow considered more special. The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.”

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Author:Jim Carrey

“I think people when they think of comedic actors they forget that they are people with a point of view and experiences and depth.”

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Author:Channing Tatum

“Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is when business gets in the way.”

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Author:Julia Louis-Dreyfus

“I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a huge cinema fan. I was taking my time; I got offered a lot of scripts and things along the way but until Burlesque showed up at my doorstep, it really spoke to me. I have a collection of burlesque books at home that I've had for years. I've always been intrigued and fascinated with the topic, the beauty and the art of it and the comedic value of it. I think it's just a beautiful, empowering thing for women.”

“I don't do things that are comedic. This is such a crazy idea.”

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Author:Angelina Jolie

“An odd outlook on life is the beginning of good comedic writing.”

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Author:Phil Vischer

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It's kind of a more of a comedic-actiony film. And then we just started Ocean's [12] Monday. Or I did anyways.”

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Author:Brad Pitt

“I've always been the goofy kid. Growing up, I always enjoyed the comedic aspect of relating to women. Even on camera, it was always the funny take on it.”

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Author:Will Smith

“My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.”

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Author:Jason Bateman

“I dont want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything thats a lead.”

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Author:Donald Faison

“To me the industry has always said that the lovers and haters and principal characters will always be white in Hollywood, and black people will always be appendages of those kinds of dramas, or they will be comedic outlets. It will never change.”

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Author:Haile Gerima

“With comedy, it's a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good - it made you laugh, it made people on the crew laugh. With drama, you do something deep and if your stuff was really effective, the ultimate result is silence. Silence is not necessarily... that would also be the result if you sucked.”

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Author:Chris Pratt

“I just kind of have a comedic looking body, I guess. If anything I really have to exercise just to not look too fudgy, otherwise I would just keep going and going.”

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Author:Will Ferrell

“Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.”

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Author:Ed Helms

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

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Author:Gillian Jacobs

“They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.”

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Author:Gillian Jacobs

“Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.”

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Author:Jason Alexander

“My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.”

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Author:Jonah Hill

“I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.”

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Author:Charles Grodin

“I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.”

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Author:Roger Bart

“You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid.”

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Author:Robert Downey, Jr.

“I've never really taken myself too serious. That's everybody else, listening to the music or whatever. I've always said what I've felt, said what I thought was right, but I've always had a comedic bone.”

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Author:Ice Cube

“I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.”

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Author:Khandi Alexander

“Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again.”

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Author:John Cleese

“I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way. The comedy comes through the character.”

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Author:Eugene Levy

“I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.”

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Author:Emily Deschanel

“I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress. I'm not really pigeonholed, but I'm known for drama. I do comedy so easily, and people relate to my humor. I'll be glad because I don't have to stay sexy and young forever. I don't care if I'm big, as long as I'm funny.”

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Author:Taraji P. Henson

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