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"People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway."

"People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

Funny, People, Childhood, Effort

142

"I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most."

"I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most."

John Leguizamo, Colombian Comedian

Funny, Love, Being, Drama

135

"It's funny how you call me a celebrity. Oh man."

"It's funny how you call me a celebrity. Oh man."

Steven Hill, American Actor

Funny, Celebrity, Man

119

"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

71

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

Jon Lovitz, American Actor

Funny, Character, Being

67

"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."

"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

63

"If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?"

"If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?"

Casey Affleck, American Actor

62

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Funny, Time, Life, Being

62

"You know, funny is this weird word for me. I hear is so many times it has no meaning anymore."

"You know, funny is this weird word for me. I hear is so many times it has no meaning anymore."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

Funny, Meaning, Word

50

"I was always telling everybody that I could be funny."

"I was always telling everybody that I could be funny."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

49

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

Bryan White, American Musician

Funny, Time, Wedding, Dress

48

"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life."

"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Funny, Life, Love, People

48

"Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is."

"Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is."

Steve Martin, American Comedian

Funny, Chaos, Order

47

"It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end."

"It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Funny, End, Hippies

46

"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny."

"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny."

James L. Brooks, American Producer

Funny, Comedy, Value

45

"I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny."

"I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Funny, Reading, Tongue, Wrong

44

"I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny."

"I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

43

"Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories."

"Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

42

"I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!"

"I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!"

Richard Briers, English Actor

Funny, Love, Character

42

"But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point."

"But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point."

Rick Allen, American Musician

Funny, Time, Now, Past

42

"I'm really funny now."

"I'm really funny now."

Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

41

"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load."

"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load."

Alan Thicke, Canadian Actor

Funny, Heart, Anecdotes, Celebrity

41

"Well what's funny is, again, people say they believed what was going on, but again, Bob's hands are about three times bigger than his feet. So these are very caricatured."

"Well what's funny is, again, people say they believed what was going on, but again, Bob's hands are about three times bigger than his feet. So these are very caricatured."

Brad Bird, American Cartoonist

Funny, People, Feet

40

"The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it."

"The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it."

Vince Gill, American Musician

Funny, Time, People, Majority

40

"The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it."

"The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it."

Kevin Sorbo, American Actor

Funny, Time, Television

40

"I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill."

"I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Funny, Being, Day

39

"It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy."

"It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy."

Tony Hancock, British Comedian

39

"It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye."

"It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Funny, People, Eye, Public

38

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

Stephen Stills, American Musician

38

"I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand."

"I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Funny, Attention, Being, School

37

"I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always."

"I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always."

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Funny, People, First, Space

36

"If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area."

"If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area."

Jason Segel, American Actor

36

"We went through all the scenes and they became kind of funny and they expanded a little bit and because it seemed to be working so well in the movie, they added a couple of things later on in the movie and that's how it turned out."

"We went through all the scenes and they became kind of funny and they expanded a little bit and because it seemed to be working so well in the movie, they added a couple of things later on in the movie and that's how it turned out."

Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor

35

"It's funny how sometimes how the public some people think I was born like this. That I maybe I sleep and I do big muscle, but its a lot of work to look like this and to be in this kind of condition."

"It's funny how sometimes how the public some people think I was born like this. That I maybe I sleep and I do big muscle, but its a lot of work to look like this and to be in this kind of condition."

Lou Ferrigno, American Actor

Funny, Work, People, Public

35

"We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes."

"We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Funny, People, Want

34

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Funny, Being, Comedy

34

"The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny."

"The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny."

Daniel Baldwin, American Actor

34

"It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9."

"It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

33

"Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it."

"Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it."

Mike Judge, American Producer

32

"I like all Jim Carrey films. They're really funny."

"I like all Jim Carrey films. They're really funny."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

32

"It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy."

"It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Funny, Men, Women

31

"After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to not have any care in the world. Lots of setups and horrible happenings but its funny."

"After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to not have any care in the world. Lots of setups and horrible happenings but its funny."

Jhonen Vasquez, American Cartoonist

Funny, Care, World

31

"Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend."

"Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

Funny, Boyfriend

30

"Sex is funny and love is serious."

"Sex is funny and love is serious."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

Funny, Love, Sex

30

"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."

"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, American Actor

Funny, People, Will, Word

30

"I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record."

"I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Funny, People, Martin, Moon

29

"I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet."

"I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

29

"It's so funny, because right now I'm very tired and my brains a little dead, I tend to get very focused and serious. So, I'm probably coming off a lot more like Scully right now."

"It's so funny, because right now I'm very tired and my brains a little dead, I tend to get very focused and serious. So, I'm probably coming off a lot more like Scully right now."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Funny, Now, Right

29

"I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny."

"I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny."

Jerry Stiller, American Comedian

Funny, Judgment

28

"Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself."

"Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Funny, Film, Horror

28

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