Rory Bremner Quotes

Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or else they're outdated. By the time you've got it to the point that it's strong, it would be 12 years old.

Could you imagine me and the roasters taking on the GOP field? It would be the greatest show ever. Prove that you can take a joke. Prove that you're a man or woman of the people. Prove that you're not above criticism even in the form of a backhanded compliment.

I have a couple of jokes that are politically oriented, but it just sickens me to do them.

People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses in the world. They've always been hilarious since the beginning of time.

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some sense of what it means to be one or the other.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

There's a lot of division in politics, and that is why I am grateful to be a part of a show like 'Veep.' It makes light of the daunting aspects of the political world.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

You know when Jerry Ford gets the best joke, you know you're in trouble.

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

Whenever anybody is pursuing power, he's got to be funny.

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

I never met a politician that I couldn’t take a poke at.

No more Nixon jokes. He’s a sick man.