Ardal O'Hanlon Quotes

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.

I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.

I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

I tried to walk away from standup, but it's been my therapy - my way of expressing anger, disappointments, and fears and celebrating my hopes. It helps to regulate my thought process.

Comedy was always an escape for me; I just happened to be a doctor.

I had enough therapy to know when I broke it down, it became clearer to me: Yes, comedy was kind of a cleansing thing for me to do.

When I was doing stand-up, there were a lot of things I talked about that seemed very silly but were therapeutic.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, they made it cool to be funny and to be embarrassed and to look a thousand different ways and show a bunch of different areas of their lives.

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

I sometimes wonder why I talk about Judaism so much in my act, and the reason is that it's such a huge part of who I am, and I only make fun of stuff that I care about.

My behavioural problems are non-existent because all my freakiness, I guess, is manifested in a visual way. And I never have come unravelled.

Keep in mind that I'm crazy, won't you?

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.

Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.

I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.