Trevor Noah Quotes

For comedy, timing is key.

A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.

I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.

I want to make people laugh first, and that's it.

I really, really love stand-up.

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

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

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

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

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy.

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

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

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

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.

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

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

All the world loves a clown.

I'll do anything to get the laugh. I love it.

There's depth in my comedy.

I love doing comedy. It's a lot of fun.