Jimmy Fallon Quotes

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

It's funny to be a critic.

I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.

In terms of pure comedic value, 'Tootsie' is brilliant.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

Posturing is funny to me.

The best cartoons work by making fun of sacred cows, in trying to inflict the uncomfortable.

Satire makes people learn something more than being lectured.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

To be perfectly honest with you, I think that The Darkness is a joke, and that's, unfortunately, exactly what the world wants.

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.