Kenya Barris Quotes

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.

I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging.

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.

Good satire hopefully provides thought-provoking conversation.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

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

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.

Comedians play off of social commentary.

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.

My ultimate goal is to make people laugh and make them think, which isn't always an easy task.

I'm a clown. I'm a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

'The Dictator' - well, that was just a comedy, and I suppose the morality was incidental. It was just something to try and make people laugh rather than being a serious thing.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness to be found among us. She is the ultimate civilizer, the polisher, a sweet cook.