Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are the lives of my friends - and my friends are hilarious.

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.

I always laugh the hardest at the stuff you see in day-to-day life. It's great when somebody can tell a joke that really makes you laugh hard, but to see some kind of personal interaction that no one could write is so good. Those are always the things that make me laugh.

With Don Rickles and me, we're just telling the truth. We're not terrific people, and we're not gonna win the beauty contest. We're just average Joes. We're just being who we are, and I think people like that.

I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.

In Camden, it's just the atmosphere that gets me. It's simple. It's nice. It's real. And it's the people, too. I like to interact with them because they are normal and I am normal. People probably don't expect an Arsenal player to come to Camden Lock and, basically, be a normal guy.

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

Life is funny, baby, and that's no joke

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.

I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.

Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.

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.

I never say a funny thing intentionally.

Sitcoms are designed for normal people who just want to turn on their TV and get a laugh. It's not high-brow, you don't have to work so hard, and it's meant to be a relatable genre. That's why I love it so much - my fans are from 8 years old to 80 years old, because everybody can relate to what's funny.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.

Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.

I'm not a mean comic, I don't want to turn anybody off - I just want to give a point of view or my take on things that everyone can laugh at.

I'm able to see humor in a lot of things.

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we were just trying to make each other laugh.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest - things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you know.