Eric Idle Quotes

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.

Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.

As a kid, I had to be funny.

Since childhood, I've been a clown. I've always liked being very funny or trying to make people laugh. It's my original self.

I think everyone is born funny. Sadly, some lives beat it out of them. I don't know what allows someone to keep being funny and actually make a career of it.

I was the troublemaker, always being funny - that's just who I am.

I am a total goof-ball.

I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer with a prominent mustache that he didn't know what to do with and a smart-alecky attitude.

I'm a jokester.

I'm not a funny person.

I was always rewarded for being funny. I liked being funny.

I try to tweet, but I still haven't gotten into the rhythm as much as some people who have, like, 20,000 tweets. There are some great comedians on there, so you get some pretty funny hot takes and bits.

Mary Holland is really funny.

Janhvi is a goofball. She is unintentionally funny sometimes. Even intentionally, to give her due credit!

My gift is to be funny.

A lot of people didn't know I was doing Broadway. They thought I was one of those guys who was famous for being famous. I was the one who sat next to Charles Nelson Reilly and said funny things.

As a kid, I was always the jokester. I was telling stories at dinner and trying to make people laugh.

Getting a laugh was what I'd been doing with my family and at school since the age of three.

I was the class clown when I was a little young mustache.

You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor.

My family is just naturally funny.

I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.

I never thought I was funny.

I'm pretty funny on my own.