John Nettles Quotes

'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.

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 should be easy, not laboured.

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy.

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

The one thing that makes 'Torchwood' work so brilliantly and makes it a little bit above the rest of all other sci-fi dramas out there is that we have a sense of humour.

Right now my favorite TV show - because it's too close to home - is 'My Name Is Earl.' That show kills me. There's some funny stuff in there.

I love 'Dexter.' The dark sense of humor is wonderful.

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

What I always got excited about with 'Arrested Development' was the element of surprise.

We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.'

On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show.

I think that 'Saving Grace' is pretty funny. I think that the show and the woman have a pretty great sense of humor.

I think everything's funny, to be honest.

Everyone wants to be funny. Maybe not everyone, but to an extent.

I think 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' in particular is very good, though I do find that perhaps the language is a bit strong for a family, but it is very popular, and I think it's very funny.

But the main thing I don't want to be is un-funny. That's really the mandate. Just whatever we're doing, make it as funny as we can possibly make it. And believe me, if the show starts going down, we'll introduce a baby. We'll do everything that they did on 'Family Ties.' I'm not afraid of that.

Hilarious, dude. You should, like, have your own show.

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

I have the kind of show that reminds you of your problems, and then I talk about other problems you didn't even know you had until tonight.

I loved Married With Children. That was the job that against all odds - you know, when I first read the script, I thought, "No one will ever watch this, but I think this is so fun." So I was really happy to be involved in it. And we laughed every single day. It was the funniest 11 years. We really, really enjoyed it.

The way I deliver it is meant to be fun. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes, but it is meant to be funny not offensive.

People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.