I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner. Emma Stone
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. Tahar Ben Jelloun
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked. Whoopi Goldberg
Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow. Tobias Wolff
People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct. Phillip Noyce
There's always something funny about men chasing women. David Spade
I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. Paul Lynde
Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics. Paul Lynde
As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted. Seth Rogen
I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny. Seth Rogen
To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal. Seth Rogen
I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job. Jenny Eclair
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny. Jenny Eclair
Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one. Jimmy Fallon
Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do. Graham Norton
We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that. Ethan Hawke
You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't. Denis Leary
The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and he's still as funny as he's ever been, and he's still angry. And that makes me feel good, because I feel like if I stick around long enough, I'll still be able to work. Denis Leary
The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like 'Mad Men' is disgusting. It's a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it. Jonah Hill
'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible. Jonah Hill