Ana Navarro Quotes

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian because I've never done anything, really. I've always just been some guy who's funny.

Rob and I both have this strange sense of comedy which always involves us being the butt of our own jokes.

I'm always in situations where you can't be funny, and yet I want to do it anyway.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

I was born a comic.

In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time I start to get that edgy thing, I get kind of mean.

I'm a light comedienne; that's really where I live the most often.

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes.

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.