Self-Deprecating Comedy Quotes

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff.

The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. 'Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh.' I think there's an element of that in there.

I don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.

I'm not afraid of poking fun at myself.

I like making fun of myself a lot. I like being made fun of, too. I've always enjoyed it. There's just something really, really funny about someone tearing into me.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.

Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.

I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.

I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious.

As young as I look, I think it will still be funny if I played a person who's kind of tortured and hates his life. Kind of like a Larry David-type thing.

I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.