Amanda Seales Quotes

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

My primary responsibility is to be funny.

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

It's really irritating. Even people who like my work sometimes come up to me and say, 'I usually don't like female comedians, but your material is great!' It makes the job prospect more daunting. Funny is funny, you know?

It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

I try to make the majority of my audience laugh.

I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.

I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record.

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

I want to make people laugh first, and that's it.

I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.

Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation.

You just tell a good story where you're funny and it makes people laugh.

The life of a true, traditional stand-up is really unappealing for women.

I never want to forget that my job is to make people laugh.

People in comedy are just gorgeous, just the best human beings. They are naturally interested in other people and in playing something other than themselves.

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh.

With comedy, you have to do it right. In a drama, there's a lot of different ways to succeed in a moment. But comedy comes from reality. You can't try to be funny.

Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not a good actor.

I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people laugh, and being stupid, so I never thought I'd be doing a job where you always have to look nice, and polished and sophisticated.