Suzanne Collins Quotes

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.

As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

The public makes a hit.

With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think and obsess more about the roasts than my own series. Because there's so much attention focused on the roasts. It's like the 'Super Bowl' of comedy. Everybody is going to talk about it. Forever.

The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago.

I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.

I'm just a geeky, goofy person.

I like girls who are funny with a warped sense of humor.

I'm a total goofball.

I always wanted to be a popular comedian.

I think Jay Leno is fantastic.

I showed that I could be a crowd-pleaser.

When I first began to work in pictures I tried to attract the attention of film critics, but I don't make movies to please them or myself anymore. I look for material that will entertain.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.

I know how to put on a good show, and being a top player is always a way to get fans.

During the week, I'm a normal kid, and then on the weekends, I go out and perform to thousands of people.

If people are coming to see me because they like what I do on 'Mock the Week,' that's great because they are coming to see me being me.

Some people call me arrogant and boo me but I love it, because at least they're buying tickets. Meanwhile, other people are thinking, 'wow, this guy's different, I'll come and see him again.'