Dawn French Quotes

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

We have to be able to poke fun at ourselves.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

Let's Wrestle would rather poke fun than point fingers, even if there's a problem that needs fixing.

When somebody says something stupid to me, I usually alleviate it with laughter and humour. I make light of it to educate people on why it's inappropriate.

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

I think you have to have a sense of humor about every movie that you're doing. Your character needs to be relatable in a way that, even when you're doing the most bizarre things, sometimes a bit of tongue in cheek is necessary to keep up the believability of it.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

I learned a long time ago from when I did 'Seinfeld' never to take anything seriously, and to be part of the joke is the best way to show what a good sport I was.

In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.

We've all listened to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, haven't we? We all know how not to play a psychiatrist.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously.

Whenever anyone asks me if I'm from a TV show, I say yes - no matter whether I've ever been on it. It just makes the conversation that much easier.

We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context.

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

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.