“I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.” MindKindEnoughGoalCan DoLaughingComedyToughBraveScriptsHatsMake You LaughHats Off Author:William H. Macy
“You can never look that tough in glasses. ... You never see somebody push up their glasses and say, "I'm gonna kick your ass."” LooksFunnyComedyToughGlassesAssKicksPush Ups Author:Jim Gaffigan
“If you're a guy over 30 by yourself in the hotel pool, you automatically look like a murderer who's just relaxing after he strangled a family. "Yeah-that dad was a tough one to kill."” IfsLooksFunnyGuyComedyDadToughYeahHotelPoolMurderer Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for LGBT, for women, for Asian people. So my goal in comedy has sort of been to make this a safe space for people who were like me.” PeopleGoalSpaceComedySafeToughClubsLike MeLgbtAsianHomophobiaUnsafeHomophobicSafe SpaceComedy Clubs Author:Margaret Cho
“I care about politics, but I have a tough time making comedy out of it. I was so happy to have a chance to be on The Daily Show, and I think Jon Stewart's so funny... but mostly in my own comedy, I care about less relevant things.” ThinkingShowsCarePoliticsChanceMy OwnComedyToughRelevantI CareTough TimesDaily Show Author:Demetri Martin
“It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.” PeopleFeelsYearsShowsNightSpeakComedyToughCourtSorryGenreMassiveLoserCheerUnemploymentDefiningTough TimesTaxiFeel Sorry For YouNight Court Author:Rob Sheffield
“It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.” ParentComedyBlessingToughAuditions Author:Ben Stiller