Leonard Nimoy Quotes

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.

I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There's a liberation in that.

I love comedy and I hope I never stop doing it.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Jon Lajoie - and they're such funny guys that they bring their own sort of twist to it all.

As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.

Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.

Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.

I really have a love for comedy. I can't express it enough.

I really like to do comedy, and I did comedy the first 2 years after I graduated college, so I really love it and appreciate it.

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I grew up watching Laurel and Hardy. That's really a long time ago. I loved Jerry Lewis. I just loved comedians.

I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for about 50 years I've had comedy.

Comedy shows in D.C. are so much fun. I think because of the intense area that is connected to politics that people need, they need their down time. D.C. audiences are almost universally praised by comedians.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door.

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.

I just loved comedy as a kid and I think at some point, it just occurred to me that you could try it, and I did.

I was voted Most Humorous in my senior class in high school, and I was a fan of comedy, my whole life. I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched Saturday Night Live religiously. I've just been a fan of comedy, my whole life.

I really love comedy. I love making people laugh. But other things also appeal to me.

I'd love to do comedy. I'd probably have to get my laughing fits in check, because generally if I've done comedy, I'm usually the straight character that plays against the very obviously funny character, so that's really hard when the person is really hilarious.