S. J. Perelman Quotes

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny.

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

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

I like humor.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

Everything can be satirized.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

There is a universality to comedy.

As long as it's funny, there's no such thing as too far.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.

Parody is homage gone sour.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

It's funny to be a critic.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

You gotta keep the funny intact.