Ricky Gervais Quotes

I had just finished working on a play, and we started to talk to the 'Happy Endings' folks. There was interest from both sides, which was exciting, because I thought it was very fresh. Adam Pally's just a really funny, talented dude. I thought I'd be great to jump on and do some comedy.

Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.

I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.

On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act. Guys like Chris Messina, who are the real deal. I watch what they do and put my own spin on it.

I love doing comedy. I did comedy for seven years on 'The King of Queens.'

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

I'm friends with Hank Azaria. We were on a show together 800 years ago, and we laugh every single time.

I watched 'The Neighbors' when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my funny bone, I call my agent and say, 'You know, I like this show. If they're ever looking for somebody, I'd like to work with them.'

I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think.

There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.

I think Ellen DeGeneres is just hysterical.

I have a lot of opinions. I express them in 'Mr. Show' very clearly, I think. I feel like both David Cross and I felt like that show reflected each of us pretty wholly.

On 'Sunny,' we're not trying to be a family show. We're literally trying to make the funniest show possible.

I think that 'Saving Grace' is pretty funny. I think that the show and the woman have a pretty great sense of humor.

Truly, with a sitcom and the rhythms of comedy... music is so helpful in that area of life.

I wanna do some more goofy comedy stuff; I really enjoyed doing 'A Touch of Cloth.'

On '8 Out Of 10 Cats,' myself, Jimmy Carr and Jason Manford have got the producers around to our way of thinking - which is to trust us and allow us to ad-lib.

We sat down and talked about who we liked comedy-wise, TV-wise, what made us laugh and what we enjoyed doing. So a lot of our tastes went into 'The Ant and Dec Show.'

I think I learned everything about comedy and timing and drama from watching 'The Muppet Show,' which was one of the best shows ever produced.

It's very rare to be able to do a show where the most important thing is being funny.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."

God, that Anthony Jeselnik Show sounds really funny.