Nick Swardson Quotes

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

I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.

I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define.

I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also like the stuff that does. I think it just depends. It's a completely personal choice.

I'm not the comedy police, but you watch a movie, and everyone's laughing, and then you shake it out, and you realize, 'There's no joke there!'

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

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.

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.

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

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

Not everybody agrees on what's funny, obviously.

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

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

Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.

Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

It's funny because it's funny.

I don't really like comedy that gives you answers.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny.

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else.

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.

Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.

The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's both A and not A.

I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them.