Josh Hutcherson Quotes

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.

Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.

I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life.

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

If you try to be funny, you're not being funny.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny.

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.

I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

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