Andy Samberg Quotes

Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.

When Jack Black and I started Tenacious D, there were about two seconds in the beginning when we thought maybe we'd have a go at serious music. But we quickly abandoned that when we realized that everything we did tended to come out funny.

There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.

I like to play music, and I like to be funny, so I just do both at the same time.

It would be pretty awesome to hear Eminem singing 'I'm a Good Girl'. Haha! Love Eminem!

I love musical comedy; I love comedy in general, and I have varied taste in terms of books, film, theatre, and culture.

Music can be witty, but it's not funny unless it's conceptually funny.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

I'm a big fan of comedy music.

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years.

Nothing can help my comedy.

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.

If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

There's an art to comedy.

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.

It's the comedy that guides me. The acting and all that stuff comes second. It's equally important, but I just try to do that as best as I can.