Russell Howard Quotes

My soap operas have been seen by a billion people all around the world.

I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.

I would like to see the Pope wearing my T-shirt.

The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

I want to shake things up like 'Bloom County' did.

'South Park' is so hilarious... I remember when it first came out: that show changed television forever.

Debbie Gibson and dog food. I've always dreamed of this.

Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often it's poking fun at the people who would be its audience.

There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'

I'm starting to believe it when someone tells me 'Suits' is popular in another country. We're just acting, but we are reaching so many different kinds of people all over the world.

'The Daily Show' was amazing because I learned so much.

I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can about the news.

On 'Adam Ruins Everything' we do the broadest sketch comedy possible. We do stuff where you can see it immediately and know it's a joke - characters in big silly costumes; here's Uncle Sam and he's twiddling his fingers saying, 'Oh, I'm naughty.'

Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm John Oliver. Jon Stewart is still not here. He is currently living out a live-action Lord of the Rings role-playing experience deep in the New Zealand wilderness.

Kim Jong Un's sister got married. That sounds like another Seth Rogen movie, doesn't it?

President Obama. He is the man. I've tried the rest, and he is the best. My dream is for him to appoint me to be the Secretary of Humor. My first act will be to make whatever Larry the Cable Guy is doing illegal.

I do not make jokes about Sarah Palin simply because I could not live in this world if I believed she was a real person.

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.

From the makers of Alien vs. Predator: Alien vs. Pingu. K9 - stop humping the toaster!

I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.

I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.