Jimmy Fallon Quotes

I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked... and comedians are always talking about politics.

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.

I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

ESPN takes itself very seriously, but for some reason, I'm allowed to be the court jester.

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian.

No politician would ever comment on a cartoon unless it was to show what a great sense of humour they have, that they can laugh at themselves.

I told jokes badly.

If you wanted to hear politics, you'd go to Henry Kissinger; you wouldn't go to hear Jackie Mason. The reason I speak about politics is because I know I can get a laugh out of it.

I'm not a political comic.

People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'

If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who doesn't really know what they're talking about getting on their soapbox and complaining.

I make jokes. That's what I do.

I stay far away from political humor.

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use that.

John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.

Russell Crowe likes to tell jokes, which I can't. I can't remember a joke to save my life. I don't have a brain for it.

What I do is, I make fun of people and I make fun of myself and things around us and exaggerate things. And I'm never mean-spirited. See, the word insult means some guy who's a real unkind human being. But I don't do that, because otherwise I wouldn't be headlining all these years, thank god, and all these people showing up to see me.

The jokes were perfect! Then George Carlin started talking about the seven dirty words you can't say on television, then it evolved into social commentary.

I'm not a big one for jokes. I can't tell a joke, believe it or not. If you gave me a thousand bucks and said, "Don, get up at a party and tell a joke," I'm the worst.