Comedy Judgment Quotes

I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to live comedy does is it makes you give people a second chance.

I thought all comedy was stupid. I went to watch a friend do stand-up and I thought absolutely everyone was terrible.

If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because sometimes you think something's funny, and the next day you read it and go, 'Oh, my God.'

It's easy to trick yourself into thinking something's funnier than it is.

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

As a director, you can't stop a guy if he thinks something's hysterical, because if you do, then he'll get depressed because he thinks he didn't come up with a good joke. So if a guy's going on some run and it's killing him, and he thinks it's hilarious, you gotta do enough so that he thinks you can use it in the movie.

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are.

Sometimes it's hard to tell if a joke is working or not for the first couple of minutes.

You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.

Comedy is so subjective, you know what I mean? To sit there and technically pick it apart is so stupid.

I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgment and choice of films and sense of comedy.