Dav Pilkey Quotes

When you need a good laugh, do you reach for a book? I don't. I expect books to move me deeply and submerge me in another reality. So when a novel makes me roar with laughter, it's always a delightful surprise.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

I won't do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can't, it's not gonna make the team.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'

I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.

I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination.

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

In a way, comedy is like sex. The more noise you hear, the better you think you're doing.

I started finding humor in everything. I used to watch a lot of TV, and I finally figured I didn't need to watch TV to find funny stuff. I just watch the commercials. I mean, the commercials just blew my mind.

I am a fan of whatever makes me laugh my ass off. If it happens to be a Jew joke, then it's a Jew joke.

It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back.

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.

We all need a laugh and I guess you're just the one.

I don't really like jokes in a way. I mean gags are fine but I like weird moments where what you have isn't really a joke, just tiny moments.

I always made people laugh, and everybody wanted me to sit at the table with them. I don't joke as much as I used to, but I can still be a little comedian every now and then.

I like comedies, and my brain sort of spins in that direction. So I'm really happy to say there were several smartass comments that come from me [on Star Wars].

People that want it to just be funny should not despair, because there is so much true crazy comedy coming up.

No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.