Carlos Mencia Quotes

What I love about comedy is that we're this group of weirdos, and the only language that matters is, 'Are you funny?' And it really is this oddly cool American idea where comedy's the marketplace of ideas. May the best idea win.

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

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

Comedy is second nature for me.

I like comedy as a group sport.

Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.

I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.

Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

You can't just yell jokes at people.

A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place.

You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.

I'm not much of a joke writer.

Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor.

Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.

When I'm playing comedy, I never do 'jokes.' Sometimes I'll deliver a line in a way I think is more likely to get a laugh, but all the best comedy is played straight. What's funny is the way it hits the world around it or the way it hits the other characters.

People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy.

If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

I don't do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.