Steve Allen Quotes

George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

My instincts are not comedic.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.

Fat jokes aren't relevant, but they're hilarious when you find them.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

Paul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor.

I don't consider myself a comedian, but you work with some comedians, and sometimes these guys are incredible on their feet - it's just amazing - and that's not what I do. But it's always fun, and I don't really care as long as the character is interesting.

Comedy is hard. Any idiot can have an opinion.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

I've always been a huge fan of Tina Fey's. She's a very unique storyteller and has such a great voice and sense of character and comedy, and manages to do things that are oftentimes very broad but still have a lot of heart to them.

My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people.

I just do jokes about real situations, pure observation.

The best comedy is based on truth.

Comedy is easy. You have to react to what others are saying and it is all about the timing, the dialogue delivery.

There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick.