Jerry Lewis 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.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

For comedy, timing is key.

Let's not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It's timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have.

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh.

I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often.

The joke or the pratfall is easy for me to do.

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.

I'm all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I'm probably nearby wetting myself.

Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

I agree that someone falling down is really funny, and I can go on YouTube and watch people falling. It makes me laugh.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.

Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.