Todd Phillips 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.

Comedy's really subjective, you know.

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at the same thing.

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!

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

Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people.

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

Funny is funny.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Not everybody agrees on what's funny, obviously.

I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle.

Funny is funny is funny.

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.

Comedy is so subjective, you know what I mean? To sit there and technically pick it apart is so stupid.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

Everybody's funny in different ways.

People don't get my sense of humour.

It's funny because it's funny.

I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

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