It’s funny, because I’ve never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in ‘American Gangster,’ I’m playing an Italian. I’ve always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles. – Yul Vazquez
I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but come up with very few moral answers, stories that emotionally touch readers through the characters. – William Lashner
People like light and silly, and they like stuff that’s really energetic, and you get a character in a film bouncing around and screaming, people laugh. That’s all it takes. I don’t find that funny. To me, what’s funny is dialogue and nuance of character and performance. – Terry Zwigoff
‘Mrs Funnybones’ is based and structured around my columns, and it’s about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well. – Twinkle Khanna
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know. – W. H. Auden
I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves… But it’s like in the end, there has to be confidence. – Vanessa Carlton
But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny – funny is transcendent – it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie. – Thomas Haden Church
When I’m on the set at ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,’ of course the content isn’t funny, but the other actors are hilarious. – Stephanie March
I don’t really talk about my personal life. It’s a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you’re dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night. – Tracee Ellis Ross
The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn’t tell a joke to save my life. – Seann William Scott
Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what’s funny about him is that when he’s speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he’s a brother from the ‘hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I’m like, ‘Woo! You look like you’re from London. Oh my God!’ It’s like everything on him changes. He’s so cool! – Tasha Smith
I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other in a unique way. – Scott Turow
We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I’ve ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’ is, like, really funny. – Zach Galifianakis
I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you’re not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture. – Sloane Crosley
I know there’s a CSI game. I’ve never seen it, though, so I’m not really sure. I hope it’s interesting. I hope that they’ve done a good job making it, but because I’ve never seen it, the jury is still out on whether it’s interesting or not. But it is funny to imagine that it’s been turned into a game. – Thomas Gibson
A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person in the room, sneering at the world. That can be very funny. But to me, what’s more interesting is that the world is on my shoulders, and it’s pushing me down. – Stephen Merchant
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. – Theodore Roosevelt
With its missed lines and falling tombstones, ‘Dark Shadows’ was sometimes inadvertently funny, but what made the show work was the fact that the actors and the writers took it all very seriously. – William J. Mann
The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it’s because they recognize me, and they say nice things. – Todd Solondz
To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you. – Ted Danson
Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. – T. J. Miller
Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It’s not like I’m handy. – Seth Meyers
You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it’s funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that’s enjoyable because it’s ‘disturbing.’ – Wallace Shawn