Phoebe Robinson Quotes

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.

I don't tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

I like people with a good sense of humor, like Jennifer Aniston. She is amazing and is a great actress.

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and if I do, it's not very loud. That doesn't mean I don't like the movie.

I don't watch cop movies much. I TiVo shows. I watch every Larry David show.

Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.

If I am totally honest, I would have to say that 'Allo 'Allo!' was not my cup of tea, even though lots of people loved it. For that reason, I find comedy fascinating. There is a huge difference between what people find funny.

When I do watch things, they tend to be a lot of comedies. I actually like some of the British comedy series. But, on the whole, I'm not a huge viewer of anything.

Andy Dick is so gay, he thinks Margaret Cho is funny.

My parents certainly didn't understand TV comedy. They wouldn't turn on 'Married... With Children' and laugh.

When I first started watching stand-up, I fell in love with American comedy before British comedy.

If somebody has no sense of humor, I think that's a great place to start for British comedy in terms of your character.

But comedy is like music, it appeals to some people. Some people like Creed, those people are usually pretty stupid. But they probably also like Carrot Top. I would say that they're part of the same ilk.

I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.

The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.

I'd probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren't to somebody in the press. So that hasn't worked to my benefit.

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but observably not.

I always tried not to be too mean, but my problem is that the people I tend to find hilarious don't usually have senses of humor. So interacting with them is a little bit of an awkward engagement, because I can't really make them laugh, on top of which I've been doing an impression of them.

I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

I think I'm a natural appreciator of comedy. I was definitely not the girl in junior high that all the guys wanted to date. They wanted to date my friends - which was great, because I had to be funny.

I don't know how to describe my sense of humor.

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

a short cut to matrimonial unhappiness is not to have the same taste in jokes!