Albert Brooks Quotes

I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I mostly wrote funny stuff instead of writing what I was supposed to be writing.

I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.

There's not one thing that inspires me the most. Me and my friends joke around with each other and hang out so much that whatever makes us laugh really hard makes it into 'Workaholics.' But the characters that I think are funny are guys that are confidently stupid.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me.

In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else.

I still do standup.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

I was an extroverted kid and performed, like, acting and singing. Then, the older I got, I realized I enjoyed performing things that I came up with myself more and I enjoyed making people laugh more than making people cry or think.

When I was in primary school, I was given a five-line script in 'Anansi the Spider Man,' and I decided to just improv and make it my own. For a second, I felt like Kevin Hart because everyone was laughing. I just continued to do it. Why not?

Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.

When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that.

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

I want to show the world my humor.

I'm really bad at writing jokes.

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.

Comedy chose me. I always had this urge to be silly that I couldn't control. I remember my father having me read 'The Three Little Pigs' to him, and I would improv all around the story, like when one pig's house got blown over, he put on his gym shoes and took off.

In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.

I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school.

I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.

I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

I am still a comic, a fantastic one.

Chappelle is incredible. He is comfy on stage and he talks about big things and small things. He's a version of himself. That's what I've always wanted to be and hopefully I still am.