When you live in a leading lady's body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny. Elizabeth Banks bodyconstantlyfunny Change image and share on social
Your funny gets developed pretty early on. Comedy requires that you understand as much as possible about the viewpoints of all people and everything that's going on around you. It genuinely requires a true point of view, a real sense of your own view of things in the world. Elizabeth Banks comedydevelopearly share on social
The avant-garde theater is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic, and often wildly, wildly funny. If you will approach it with childlike innocence - putting your standard responses aside, for they do not apply - if you will approach it on its own terms, I think you will be in for a liberating surprise. Edward Albee applyapproachavant share on social
Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too. Margaret Mahy childcomplexevent Change image and share on social
I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music. Eddie Murphy actbandfunny share on social
Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it. Kara Swisher dialoguefunnygood Change image and share on social
I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me. Marilyn Manson amusefunnyoffensive Change image and share on social
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 backberlinengland Change image and share on social
My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed. Michael Zaslow changecrydead Change image and share on social
It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life. Jimi Hendrix deadfunnylife Change image and share on social