Stephen Mangan Quotes

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.

Not everybody agrees on what's funny, obviously.

I don't control the line of 'funny,' 'funny,' 'funny,' 'not funny.'

A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious!

Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.

Comedy's really subjective, you know.

I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me.

There is a universality to comedy.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.

I have no line. If I think it's funny, it's funny.

Fat jokes aren't relevant, but they're hilarious when you find them.

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.

I've always just been attracted to comedy.

Good comedy is ageless.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

I think everything's funny, to be honest.

Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny.

The secret of comedy is enjoying it. If you're not laughing, it's not going to be funny.

Comedy is very effortless.