Vince Vaughn Quotes

I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it.

As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

You be as truthful as you can to a specific situation, and it will become universal.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I can apply myself to the format of 'SNL,' I can apply myself to the format of 'Conan,' but at the same time, I'm still being J. B. Smoove. I'm not changing up my style, I'm not changing up how I think, what's funny to me, my delivery, the way I carry myself.

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 has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.

Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it's natural.

I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.