Dick Cavett Quotes

Comedy is actually very macho driven.

There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.

In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.

I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there.

I don't think comedy will ever die.

Nothing like a great comedy. I love to laugh!

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.

I love funny people. I met and became friends with some of the funniest people ever. Gilda Radner, bless her soul; Martin Short; Dave Thomas; Eugene Levy.

Comedy is king for me; it's the genre that everyone loves.

I can only write what makes me laugh, and what makes me laugh is the comedy I grew up on.

Comedy is taken care of by a free market.

My favorite genre is comedy.

I love comedy, so you want to make them happy, make them laugh.

I am into comedy.

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis.

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

I don't worship comedy; at the end of the day, I don't fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.

Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.

Comedy has changed with the times, thank God - slowly, oh my lord, slowly - but it has.

I'd love to dive into a comedy.

I like comedy.

I really appreciate comedy a lot.