Ari Graynor Quotes

Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

Unintentional comedy is comedy just the same.

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.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

The best comedy is based on truth.

I'd love to do a comedy - something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life.

I think mockumentaries are such well-trodden grounds for comedies. It has been done a lot, but it is because of that informal nature, it's such a fertile ground to be funny.

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.

The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they'll laugh at you, too.

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

What's fun about comedy is you're pushing things a little further than you would in a drama; you're pushing reality a little bit more.

There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.

I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.