Willie Geist Quotes

I like really stupid comedies.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

Comedy is very effortless.

I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

People... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.'

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.

There is a universality to comedy.

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

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

I'm fascinated by comedy.

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

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

Good comedy is ageless.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

I love comedy, I love comedy... I think I'm funny!

The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith's 'What It Was, Was Football.' I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn't know what any of it meant.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

Comedy is a weird thing.

I'm drawn to the funny brand of comedy.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.