Alex Winter Quotes

A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'

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

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

Comedy is not about appearance; it's about rockin' a mike. Are they laughing? That's the only test.

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

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

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

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.

For comedy, timing is key.

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

Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at the same thing.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to pull off. You either have timing or you don't, and that's something I don't have for sure.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

I've been a stand-up comedian for years, and I can be silly.

I will always love to perform standup comedy.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.