Sue Perkins Quotes

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

People... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.'

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

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

I'm like a sight gag.

There's not many comedy characters that make me laugh as much as The Rock does; it's nice to have a big muscly guy being funny and stupid.

'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.

'Taskmaster' taps into a universal humour of people making a fool of themselves.

The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

I think Carrot Top is hilarious.

Unintentional comedy is comedy just the same.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

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

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.