Bob Einstein Quotes

The genius of the Marx Brothers is for parody. They never are themselves. They exist too abundantly to be content with being that - they must go on, by the rapidest of transitions, to being something else. Groucho, in my opinion the bright star among the three, is never anything but the thing he is at the moment pretending to be.

An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.

I'm super happy to say that it's not that hard to write bad stand-up. I guess the trick is to write bad stand-up that sounds like you're trying to be good.

I never set out to do a sketch show.

Unintentional comedy is comedy just the same.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

I love mockumentaries. When they're done right, they're really good.

I think so. I can't think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.

It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually.

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

A lot of Viners do more relatable stuff, but I try to stay away from that. I try to maybe take a relatable situation and Bach it up.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted to say, 'Well, I'm just going to take this conversation we're having and then repeat that to strangers, and then that's the joke. You're the joke later.'

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with 'Community,' the joke is always on.

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.