Joan Rivers Quotes

I do sarcasm really poorly.

There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which people try to use their intellect to get themselves out of tricky situations but never quite manage to do so - much to their enormous embarrassment.

I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!

That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But if someone like me uses it, it's funny.

I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at.

I am often the brunt of my own humor.

I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.

I'm the easiest person to make fun of.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

People love self-deprecating humor.

When I'm joking around, I'll say I'm a pop star, because it's silly.

I'm kind of a nerd. A square. And I'm terrible at telling jokes. I always forget the punch line.

I'm a goof. C'mon, everyone knows that.

I like to think of myself as the corniest, most awful thing you could possibly imagine.

I really like being able to laugh at my own jokes.

Well, I can't (sing or dance). Actually, I sing like a seal and dance like your Uncle Leo at that wedding where he got up and went 'ya, ya, ya'.

I still love a well-crafted joke. Twitter's been great for that.

I don't think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I'm not.

Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There's entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky.

I'm just not very funny.

Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.

I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland.