Subjective Humor Quotes

I've always maintained that I don't think comedy should be reviewed. I think it's un-reviewable, because it is so subjective.

I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me.

I don't control the line of 'funny,' 'funny,' 'funny,' 'not funny.'

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

A lot of the things I do are the sort of things I think are funny.

Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.

Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like... People say, "I saw Saving Private Ryan, and that scene on the beach is just so moving." I can't imagine anyone who would say "I don't find that moving!" But you can show, whether it's Laurel & Hardy or the Three Stooges or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, some people are going to look at it and say "That's the funniest thing I've ever seen." Some people will say "I don't get it." Who's right, who's wrong?

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

What's funny is funny. It doesn't matter what expense it's at. There are people who don't like that and I understand.

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.

Who's to say where funny stops and 'too far' starts?

A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious!

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.

I have to say, the other day I was reading some negative comments, and I was thinking they were really funny. So I guess they don't anymore.

When we were doing 'Viva Variety,' we knew, 'Boy, this really cracks us up, but this is not for everybody. This is a little weird.'

The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.

You cannot dictate what people find funny, what people find attractive, or what people find scary. There is not a norm.

Look, you know, you can't please everybody. I'm a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn't matter how funny you are and how well you do, there's two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.

Comedy's really subjective, you know.

All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.

I am funny. No one else thinks I am funny. But I am funny.

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else.