Neal Brennan Quotes

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to pull off. You either have timing or you don't, and that's something I don't have for sure.

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

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 really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

I wanted to be a comedian.

I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have pretty good sense of comic timing, so I'd really like to try that.

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-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.'

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

Stand-up is very broad strokes, kind of a skeleton of a story or something.

Comedy is the hardest thing to get right. I remember a joke we did in 'What's Up, Doc?' that didn't get a single laugh. So we moved the shot a foot-and-a-half to one side, and all of a sudden, the laugh was there. It drives you crazy; the balance is so delicate.

I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

I feel that I'm a stand-up comedian more than anything else, that's my job.

Everyone knows the feeling where you're in the pub and you make your mates laugh. It's awesome, you feel like you rock. That's what comedians want with a bit of extra ego.

The thing with the comedian is you can make all the jokes you want and not every joke it going to be a winner, and not every joke is going to land, there'll be some that somebody doesn't laugh at, but that's just part of the deal.

Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.