Carlos Mencia Quotes

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

If my mum or my wife says that something isn't funny, I know I've struck gold.

For comedy, timing is key.

Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power.

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.'

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

There's depth in my comedy.

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.

If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with any comedians, they're either not terribly intelligent or they're not doing something well.

Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.

Comedy is easy. You have to react to what others are saying and it is all about the timing, the dialogue delivery.

Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing.

The minute you're laughing, some people will say you're laughing at people.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.

All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.