Jason Sudeikis Quotes

I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.

Standup is just dirtier, a far more risque kind of thing.

I'm dirty, I'm irreverent - but I'm still a very topical comedian.

I like grown up comedy.

I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.

I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.

Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.

I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.

I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

I'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.

If you like a conversational style of comedy, if you like comedy that's a little dangerous, I'm your guy.

Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone.

The comedians I always loved and respected the most were always filthy degenerates.

I like insult comics. Joan Rivers, Dame Edna, people like that.

A lot of comedy on television has a reserve to it, and it's a little too cool for school.

Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.

Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer.

My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.

Paul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor.

Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.

I always wrote risque comedy and crude comedy.

I love a good Steve Martin, Martin Short scene where they're being super physical - I don't mean to compare myself - but I relate to their type of comedy because they do crazy stuff but come at it in an honest way.

I've been doing comedy since I was two. You know, kids who make other kids laugh. The sickness had set in! I could make my friends' parents laugh; I had a sense of what was silly and funny.