Constance Wu Quotes

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.

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

I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.

You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.

'Playing House' works because we're being supremely honest to what we think is funny and not what we think other people think is funny.

I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in.

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.

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

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

I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

I certainly want people to like my writing, but I know that if I write with the intention of trying to please people, the writing will not be good because it will not be authentic. So, ironically, I have to be willing to write something strange or unlovable in order to write anything truly good.

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

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

I primarily have had my career in comedy, and that is something that I have never been too concerned about because I know there is really no room for vanity in comedy. Comedy comes from pain and it is a lot easier to empathize with somebody who is out of shape.

If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.

I don't just try to be funny.

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.

I want to make videos that, if I didn't know myself, I'd want to watch. As long as I'm making myself laugh, I'm usually having a good time. That's how I know I've made a video that I'm proud of: I've made myself laugh.

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.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.