Tucker Max Quotes

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

I need my comedy to offend. That's my personal views.

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

I'm not afraid to take on somebody or say something that somebody will find offensive because unfortunately in comedy, you can't say anything really good without offending somebody.

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.

My secret to comedy is don't offend anybody. Don't offend anybody ever. That's my secret.

I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically incorrect themes of my act. But I am continually amazed by how a certain section of our society seems to be so freakin' sensitive about jokes.

If my mum or my wife says that something isn't funny, I know I've struck gold.

It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want.

If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.

When someone goes, 'Oh, this group is really pissed off at what you said,' there's not a piece of my body that goes, 'Sweet!' That means I did it wrong. I'm just trying to make people laugh.

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

Comedy always pushes some buttons, because it wouldn't be comedy if it didn't.

I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like anybody else.

Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.

The best cartoons work by making fun of sacred cows, in trying to inflict the uncomfortable.

Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today.