Erik Griffin Quotes

It's not at all easy to make people laugh. Kudos to those who can do it so well.

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.

I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.

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.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

Most of the people I know in comedy are not weird or messed up.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

I like comedy as a group sport.

I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

When you're with Chris Wylde, there's never not laughter.

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.

Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.

Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh.

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

All I care about is making jokes that are funny and making people laugh.

To this day, if you gave me $1,000, I really can't stand up - You can tell a joke. You're a good storyteller and a good joke teller.

It's not hard for me to be funny. But it's really hard. I don't think a lot of people are funny. I meet a lot of people, and most of them aren't funny.

I really appreciate comedy a lot.