Reid Hoffman Quotes

I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

I learned a long time ago from when I did 'Seinfeld' never to take anything seriously, and to be part of the joke is the best way to show what a good sport I was.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.

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

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.

I was born to be funny.

Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

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.

People get a kick out of my stupidity.

An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.

I love to play it. I think it's funny. It's always been funny to me. Somebody who's large and in charge but totally wrong-headed.

I find it funny that I'm a pin-up.

I have enjoyed doing comedies the most because in real life, I don't take myself or anyone else too seriously!

Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right?

Comedy opens you up to ideas that a straight-up drama doesn't. You resist those messages when they come to you earnestly or dramatically.

'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody in the show can afford to cling on to any vanity, because we're always going to push the humiliation levels.

I wrestled a bull on national TV for months. A midget dressed as a bull against another midget. You can't take it that seriously. So, every opportunity I'm given I think, 'How can I make this fun?'

What I do with impressions, I try not to be mean-spirited. To me, it's just about being silly.