Iliza Shlesinger Quotes

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately want to raise the bar of dumb just a tiny bit.

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

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.

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.

My ultimate goal is to make people laugh and make them think, which isn't always an easy task.

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

I love smart comedy.

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

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.