Aisling Bea Quotes

There is a universality to comedy.

If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.

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

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 one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.

For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

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

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

Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

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

Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.

Gags die, humor doesn't.

I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

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

Paul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor.

Comedy is hard. Any idiot can have an opinion.

Everybody loves good humour and in movies, we are in search of things that make viewers laugh.

I always loved jokes. It's such a dumb, facile thing to say, but it's true. I remember being a kid and getting those joke books from the Scholastic Book Club and loving comedy from a very young age.