Tyler Perry Quotes

I think any decent comedy worth its salt has to have heart, otherwise it's just a bunch of jokes. I think people enjoy comedies that have a heart and soul to them.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh.

I've actually done a lot of comedy.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

Everyone tells me I need to do comedy. It's never something that crossed my mind, but to be able to do a true comedy and make people laugh, that would be great.

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.

You go wherever the laugh is. I think in that respect Republicans have been a little better for us.

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

I enjoy doing comedy.

The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more.

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

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

I'd rather be funny than wise.

I am excited about getting back to what I do best and what my audience likes best, I am writing new jokes every day and soon Ill be telling them every night. Just me, one Jew talking and that's it.

Adam Sandler is a really funny guy in real life. Separate from all of the movies, that is a funny man.

The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny."

A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.

Being funny is a gift, and, when done well, is an art form.

I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!

I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.