Mick Jagger Quotes

My favorite moments are the moments everyone cries over. I see people in the audience crying, and I go, 'I did that, too. I don't just do the jokes. I also do the cries.' Jokes and cries, jokes and cries. That's all I'm here for, people.

I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

Nine out of 10 times these guys will hit it-they'll be on something incredibly funny, but one out of 10, two out of 10, they'll fall flat on their faces. That's what makes them great actors: they take those chances, they don't play it safe.

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.

Comedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, it's the best feeling in the world.

When I played Imunique on 'Love That Girl,' that was on the other side of comedy - loud and out there.

Loads of blokes think they're funny, but it counts for nothing unless you get up and have a go.

I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.

There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.

I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.

I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such admiration and envy because it's such an amazing thing to make someone laugh.

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

Dying is easy; comedy is hard.

Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.