Richard Ayoade Quotes

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises.

My heroes were always Looney Toons, Robin Williams, the Three Stooges. I think everything I do is kinda funny. I think I'm sort of ridiculous.

It's a dirty job being ridiculous, but I'll do it

If a song is funny and absurd, and it sounds great, it's just going to be that much funnier. And there's no better example of that than 'Monty Python.'

There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters can entertain me, then I feel like I can deal with the darker or more serious stuff.

In the world of 'Tim and Eric,' everything is big and ridiculous and absurd.

I like really stupid comedies.

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.

Just for fun, I'm really goofy and I would love to do some stupid comedy. I'm talking, like, crazy, out there, Will Ferrell type of thing. I love it; I think those movies are so funny.

I like idiotic comedies.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

The hardest that I've laughed at a movie was probably Team America. I laughed 'til I thought I was just gonna throw up. I almost had to turn it off.

It is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline.

Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.

I love hearing about bad behavior. It's just so funny to me. Especially, grown ups acting like weird, inconsolable babies over really stupid things, to me, is really funny.

Steve Martin's comedy albums are so ridiculous.

Sausages are just funny. I don't know why. I can't explain it.

It's my job to be ridiculous.

Farce is a much-maligned form. It's easy to do badly, and therefore, audiences may have a negative feeling about it.