“At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.”
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“All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.”
“I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human.”
“I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.”
“Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?”
“A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.”
“I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.”
“Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.”
“I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.”
“You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.”
“We don't appreciate the value of humor sometimes.”
“I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!”
“We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.”
“I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.”
“Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.”
“We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.”
“When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attractive.”
“The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.”
“I don't have a very quick sense of humor.”
“If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.”
“It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.”
“There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.”
“The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular.”
“Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor.”