Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.
Mike Birbiglia
In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.
People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.
The Comedy Central CDs combined with the TV specials are what led to my stuff being traded and passed around, and a lot more people knowing my jokes... →
The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people will see it. If I... →
I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.
Simon Bird
The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the... →
Bill Bixby
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
Bjork
The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.
Lewis Black
One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.