Buddy Hackett Quotes

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people.

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.

Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.

I'm a light comedienne; that's really where I live the most often.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever.

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.

My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.

I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.

I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.