Fede Alvarez Quotes

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.

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

Comedy is a noble art.

Comedy is very important, yes. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

Good comedy makes you laugh, and bad comedy makes people you hate laugh.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine. Like, if Jerry Seinfeld wasn't funny, you'd want to punch him in the face; he'd just seem like a whiner to you. But the fact is that he's funny.

I wanted to be a comedian.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

With comedies, it's been very gratifying to be able to clock in, laugh all day, and then clock out.

The best comedy not only makes you laugh, but on the moment of the laugh, you learned.

I'm not saying that comedy has to be a certain thing - I'm not trying to define comedy, where it's like, it can only be silly things. But I think part of what makes a comedy is that at least part of the mantra of the show is trying to make people laugh.

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.

I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.

I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside every now and then to keep people on their toes.

Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don't work.

Comedy is a funny thing, and it's really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title. You would never go to a club just to see "Live music," you would go to a jazz club to see jazz, a blues club to see blues, etc. But when you go to see "standup comedy," if you don't know the performers material, you really don't have any idea what you're gonna get.

I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms.

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

I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.

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