Michael McIntyre Quotes

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

Rudeness is not having fun, and if it is, it's at the expense of another person.

If someone does something that makes me mad, well, chances are it'll probably make other people mad if I do it, too. I like to think, 'What's the meanest thing, the rudest thing I can say right now?' Or how can I completely discredit someone? That's just my mentality.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.

It blows my mind that anyone could be unkind to anyone.

We have taught our children that meanness gets you nowhere in life.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad.

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

I would never heckle someone. That's why I think I'm so interested in someone that would.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully.

When I was a teenager, I met a comedian who I admired, and he was very rude to me. That's why when people come up to me I try not to be rude. I don't want to name who he is, but it really put me off watching his stuff since.

Mean people are no fun.

I regret the times I've been mean to people... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don't do it anymore.

You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues.

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves.

The minute you humiliate people, you've lost them for life.