- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joke Quotes
What comedians say about making people laugh.
Several quotes here come from people who make a living off timing, including one who admits to softening blunt criticism by wrapping it in humor first, describing it like a cut followed by a few stitches. Another describes the frustrating double standard where the exact same line lands only when a man delivers it.
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- Dissect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are quite detailed rules with sitcom. When people can leave scenes, act structure, joke rhythm. You can't not have a straight man.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to joke about being gay because it's something teenagers would never joke about.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was funny to hear that I'd slapped Bieber. I thought it was a joke. Then it blew up. I probably got 50 texts about it.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a civil engineer. No joke. I would come home from school and build bridges out of toothpicks and see how much weight they would hold before falling.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Lab Rats,' I read the script probably three or four times before we ever even do a table read because I want to be completely prepared. And I want to know exactly which beats I have to hit and where I need to make something comical. Some lines need a little more than others do just to get the point across, to get the joke to be funny.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
- Nov 07, 2020
Yoga in America is a joke.
- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are almost in a time beyond jokes, beyond satire. When the Trump era is called the 'post-truth' period, then this is the greatest joke of all, albeit quite depressing.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020