I was pretty much a child of 'Monty Python.' I grew up loving that type of humor and even structured a lot of humor in the same fashion. Michael Jai White childfashiongrow Change image and share on social
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. Mark Twain foreverhumorlive Change image and share on social
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. Kate Clinton actcomehumor Change image and share on social
To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life. Mike Mills disrelatedhavehumor Change image and share on social
I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow. Ian MacKaye extremelyfellowfundamentalist share on social
Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan? Chelsea Handler careygamegreat Change image and share on social
I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And that's where the good humor is, if there's a surprise and there's something unexpected. Something that's not normal, not in the realm of general living expectations. Bill Plympton artistdifferentlyexpectation share on social
Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. James Wolcott charactercomedydefective share on social
Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality. Kyle Chandler emotionalityendhumor share on social
I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem. Rebecca Romijn gratuitoushumornudity Change image and share on social