Josh Widdicombe Quotes

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way - to make them laugh.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

For comedy, timing is key.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

Nothing can help my comedy.

Oh, I love stand-up.

I'd like to do a bit of comedy.

There's an art to comedy.

All I know is just how to make people laugh.

Comedy is not easy to do - where you make someone laugh out loud in their living room.

One night in a club in Boston, I tried the name Roger Duck. No laughs. The next night, I tried Orson Bean, putting together a pompous first name and a silly second name. I got laughs, so I decided to keep it.

Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing.

Comedians play off of social commentary.

Comedy is not about appearance; it's about rockin' a mike. Are they laughing? That's the only test.

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

There is nothing more joyful to me than hearing a live audience laugh. Especially when I planned it that way!

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.