Trevor Noah Quotes

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot fight back. That is my limitation.

The most offensive thing that ever occurred in 'The New Yorker' would be, like, the mildest thing at a Chris Rock concert.

Colbert makes me crazy: he's so funny. Plus, he seems like an extraordinarily decent dude.

Comedy can be silly and gross and offensive, as long as there's sort of a point. You can make a joke that, on the face of it, is racist. Ostensibly someone can appear to be racist, but if you know you're making a point about race, and not just being pig-headed, then you can do that. I think some people who don't understand comedy will have a knee-jerk reaction to some stuff, and will always be offended by it because they don't understand it. Some people react to it in a vociferous way, which is unsophisticated, but there's always going to be those people out there.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

I consider myself to be doing comedy in a post-Jon Stewart world to a certain extent.

I dislike hatred, offence, unkindness.

I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.

Hatred will always give birth to more and more hate, and love has the power to demolish the borders between us.

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

Let's Wrestle would rather poke fun than point fingers, even if there's a problem that needs fixing.

I'm not one who wants to hate on anybody.

I guess my sense of humour leans more towards irony and tongue-in-cheek performance.

I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'

I really want to do what 'Veep' did. 'Veep,' in a very comical way, gave us a look inside the political machine, but I want to do it for the average American family.

When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.

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

I'm a very observational type of comedian that points out everyday absurdities.

I'm very observational in my comedy and what I create with the characters that I'm blessed to play. I don't believe comedy needs to be offensive, and I don't believe it needs to be a mockery of anything.

Ellen DeGeneres is brilliant. She's funny, she's warm and she doesn't hurt anybody on her show.

Henry Hays was cheated all his life. He was cheated by his father who taught him to hate. His community taught him to hate. My mom told me, no matter what one does in life, he or she deserves some compassion, and I knew Hays deserved compassion more than anybody.

If the social evolution leads to jokes, I use them.

We're not all Jon Stewart. I know I'm not. I dropped out of college. Why would you come to me for anything that may influence your fact-based perspective? I think that the job of a comic is to be emotionally true.

It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe.