James Acaster Quotes

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

Unintentional comedy is comedy just the same.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

There is a universality to comedy.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

Good comedy is ageless.

I did a lot of sitcoms, and being funny isn't about being beautiful. Usually, beautiful people aren't the funny people.

The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith's 'What It Was, Was Football.' I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn't know what any of it meant.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

The secret of comedy is enjoying it. If you're not laughing, it's not going to be funny.

Comedy is very effortless.

I'm a big fan of comedy such as Cendric the Entertainer.

The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they'll laugh at you, too.

I like intelligent comedies.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

You know, funny can be universal.

There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.