Comedic Intent Quotes

When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.

I enjoy making people laugh, but what I find funny and put online, others might misconstrue and find jerkish.

I'm not intentionally dirty. It just kind of happens. It's not like I'm a shock comic who's looking to walk people.

On 'Late Night,' it's like we're all in on the joke. That's what I wanted it to be. I'm not doing something sneaky. Inside jokes, I don't like those. We can all ride together, and everyone's on the same thing going, 'Aha, I know where you're going here.'

I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise.

At the end of the day, I'm not really trying to make a statement with any of my standup.

I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.

When I shot the movie, I wasn't gonna think about anything except for being the biggest knucklehead in the world.

Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.

I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't try to just shock. I try to make a statement.

I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' as more of an exercise in anti-comedy than humor.

When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions follow your intent. If you create the intention of starting a comedy act, slowly your mind starts adjusting and you arrive at a new emotional state.

I want people to watch us and think, 'They're idiots. They're clowns,' I want them to watch us and think Tommy Cooper or Spike Milligan.

Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.

Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.

In my brain, it's simple: On the podcast, we're really never serious about anything, ever.

If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty.

I swear and it comes off a little angry, no matter how funny I'm trying to do it. If I use certain words with a certain intensity, it's like 'Whoa whoa whoa, buddy buddy!'

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.

I'm very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.

Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.