I love funny people. I met and became friends with some of the funniest people ever. Gilda Radner, bless her soul; Martin Short; Dave Thomas; Eugene Levy. – Paul Shaffer
We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was. – Philipp Meyer
Yes, I see the Mobile Base System really is the shoulder of the arm. The arm is right there, like a human arm. It’s really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm. – Philippe Perrin
Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes – but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo? – Rob Delaney
I watched ‘The Neighbors’ when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my funny bone, I call my agent and say, ‘You know, I like this show. If they’re ever looking for somebody, I’d like to work with them.’ – Rhea Perlman
It’s funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don’t have an open mind about. – Randy Newman
It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time – he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny. – Radha Mitchell
I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I’d like to write a movie about it. – Olivia Wilde
My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams. – Richard Simmons
I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it’s like this – the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man. – Oliver Platt
It’s funny to find there are still people around who think if a musician has schooling, it automatically makes him a lesser jazz player. But you don’t learn jazz in school. – Paul Horn
I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn’t? – Paul Merton
If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain. Do you know which ‘philosopher’ said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she’s just a pair of tits. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
Paul Taylor’s ‘Offenbach Overtures’ has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny. – Robert Gottlieb
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago. – Peter Mayle
I think funny is just the foundation. I don’t really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to be funny is… You know what, the things that you laugh hardest at aren’t cartoons. – Robert Mankoff
I love funny people, and when I’m with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdness, I love it. Because that to me is funny, as opposed to someone who stops and says, ‘Hey let me tell you a joke.’ – Paul Feig
I’m an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy – at least I think I’m funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself. – Shaquille O’Neal
I’m very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in ‘Morning Glory’ with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone. – Rachel McAdams
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director – he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day. – Richard Thomas
If you think something’s funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty. – Olivia Munn
I think it’s funny how excited people can get about things I say that don’t have anything to do with music. I made a disparaging comment about McDonald’s on Twitter once and people flipped out on me. – Ron Pope