British Wit Quotes

Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.

The British are so funny.

I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes lack. We have a very long history of importing Brits like Christopher Hitchens who are better at it than Americans are.

Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.

I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up.

In England, wit is at least a profession, if not an art. everything becomes professional there, and even the rogues of that islandare pedants. So are the "wits" there too. They introduce into reality absolute freedom whose reflection lends a romantic and piquant air to wit, and thus they live wittily; hence their talent for madness. They die for their principles.

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

Home will always be London. There's something unique about the British. It's about cheekiness.

I love British voicing and British humour in general. I'm a huge Ricky Gervais fan.

Every Brit I met had the best sense of humor. They're hilarious: very dry and witty.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

There's something whimsical, satirical, and silly about British humor, which Americans have always enjoyed, and lots of us come over here because we have an audience of people who enjoy it.

I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are true.

Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.

The great British public is renowned throughout the world for its sense of humour.

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.

That's my family; we have a very British sense of humour, very dry.

We're like quirky Brits!

I've found that my humor goes over big in London.

One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.

The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.

Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.

I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy - in addition to being caustic - it's quite literary over here, and alternative comedy isn't so alternative.