Rob Reiner Quotes

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'

I care about politics, but I have a tough time making comedy out of it. I was so happy to have a chance to be on The Daily Show, and I think Jon Stewart's so funny... but mostly in my own comedy, I care about less relevant things.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

Could you imagine me and the roasters taking on the GOP field? It would be the greatest show ever. Prove that you can take a joke. Prove that you're a man or woman of the people. Prove that you're not above criticism even in the form of a backhanded compliment.

You know, I'm a comedian the same as Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. We all came up the same way. The three of us have interest in politics; I call us fundits, we're fundits! We're not pundits!

I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV.

The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

You go wherever the laugh is. I think in that respect Republicans have been a little better for us.

I love comedians that dive into politics. I personally don't feel comfortable, with my background, weighing in unless I have a take that I think is funny enough that I would put it in front of an audience.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.

I thought that through the strip, I could vent my spleen and be funny at the same time. But when it comes to humor, there's no substitute for reality and politicians.

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use that.

I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

Mixing humor and politics is something that works.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.