Ali Farahnakian Quotes

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.

I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come out of stress or trauma - something that makes you want to be funny.

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

A lot of people who do drama say comedy is the hardest thing, but, not wanting to sound like a bighead, comedy is easy for me, as I've always been fairly funny.

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation.

I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.

Comedy just comes naturally, so I've always gravitated to comedy.

When you're around people who are trying to be funny all day and trying to one-up each other, that's just naturally - if you want to do it - it's going to make you better.

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

I'm always in situations where you can't be funny, and yet I want to do it anyway.

I was born a comic.

Comedy is second nature for me.

The best timed joke or the best timed phrase comes at spontaneous moments and just relies on me as the host to be very quick, and that's what I do.

It's true; I have a skill and it's... it has not related to acting, it's not related to auditions, it's not related to studios, not related to public whim. It's whether I'm funny or not and whether I can entertain people.

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.

Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.