It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.' Natasha Little askchildeasily share on social
The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny. Hugh Grant comedyfunnyhundred Change image and share on social
I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. Don Rickles findfunnygive Change image and share on social
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. Macaulay Culkin bigbookfan Change image and share on social
Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed. Kirsten Dunst depressfunnyhappen share on social
If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very funny, you don't dare go to them and say, 'I don't like this,' because it will make your life miserable. Bonnie Hunt actressdareexecutive Change image and share on social
My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I've put them all to work onstage. Beth Ditto absolutelyacquireamaze share on social
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I'm certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions. Rowan Atkinson ambitionaudienceaware share on social
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us. Robert Klein alivecomedyfunny Change image and share on social
It's been a funny life for me. Sometimes I feel I haven't done a lot of living. Joanna Cassidy feelfunnylife Change image and share on social