Jim Cornette Quotes

I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

Batroc is a laughable character. I'm the one who always makes fun of him.

I was going to go to a Gathering of the Juggalos but decided that wouldn't work. They would know I was there to make fun of them. It would be like me going to a Trump rally.

That's what I love about 'MADtv': If you exist, if you breathe, we will take you down.

The way people do an impression of me is they use the phrase, 'Who are these people who do this... ?' Then they do some not-quite-good-enough observational humour, which is the most offensive thing.

Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes, caricatures, exaggerations and simplifications.

Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.

Comedy now is all about body shaming and delivering vulgar dialogues. There can't be another Manorama.

I guess my sense of humour leans more towards irony and tongue-in-cheek performance.

Comedy can be very deep sometimes.

'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody in the show can afford to cling on to any vanity, because we're always going to push the humiliation levels.

I started out making fun of comedy. Then I became the thing I was making fun of.

I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying.

I'm not angry or anything at Sonnen, but I will say one thing - I hope nobody gets offended; I don't wanna sound disgusting, and I am certainly not fan of any anthropologic theories - but you can see on that guy's face that he is limited and stupid, and his IQ is not higher than the size of the shoes he's wearing.

It's hard to make a joke out of someone that's a joke.

Comedy is based partly on mean-spiritedness.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

During a fight with Anderson Silva, I slipped on an imaginary banana peel.

I love comedy that seems kind of a little bit absurd.

I love The Onion videos, those are amazing.

You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?