Zach Galifianakis Quotes

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

There's always a message in my comedy.

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I'm angry about something I will try to think about something funny about it to lighten the load of the anger and cope with the anger.

I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard Pryor and sort of the way he would use comedy to really speak about larger social issues.

There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people laugh is to shake up their thinkin'. That's what I came here to do.

I don't want to offend people and I don't want to be mean, but social commentary and comedy for me are part and parcel. I think the greatest social activists are comedians.

A good comedy with a purpose behind it is exhilarating.

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.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

I honestly think comedy is probably the hardest stuff to do.

I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.

I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

Show me a novel that's not comic, and I'll show you a novel that's not doing its job.

Comedy makes me soar, and comedy is very serious business.

I wanna be funny, but if I have a chance to make a point while being funny - why not?

I mean, the number one goal is to make people laugh, that's definitely the first aim; but aside from that, when we discuss which topics to talk about, the second goal is to try and make a point about it.

Comedians play off of social commentary.

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.