Comedy Logic Quotes

A comedy scene can't really have two weirdoes in it. It doesn't make any sense that way, so you need someone to ground it and call out what's unusual about this person and this scene. Early on, I got pretty good at doing that, and I felt pretty comfortable doing that.

What I like about the jokes, to me it's a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won't be funny.

You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in the law.

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.

It's funny because it's funny.

I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes.

I look at things logically. The humor I do is to go from A to B to C to D, and F is the funny.

I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.