Jeremy Irons Quotes

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

Everything can be satirized.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You can make fun of everything.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.

Great humorists are great insulters.