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"It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds."

"It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

Funny, Action, Trying

29

"I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness."

"I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Funny, Experience, Darkness, Fans

29

"It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married."

"It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married."

Regina King, American Actress

Funny, HusbThought

29

"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean."

"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean."

Mae West, American Actress

29

"I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass."

"I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass."

Tia Carrere, 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 know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me."

"I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Funny, Hell, Mystery

29

"Funny is an attitude."

"Funny is an attitude."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

Funny, Attitude

29

"But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny what wasn't... what had some depth to it, what didn't."

"But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny what wasn't... what had some depth to it, what didn't."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Funny, Movies, Thought, Right

28

"I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius."

"I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius."

Amy Poehler, American Comedian

Funny, Genius, Actor

28

"It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up."

"It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

Funny, Decisions

28

"My heart is so light that it's amazing. I get to play all this grief, all this loss, all this disaster and chaos. It's hysterically funny. I am very light."

"My heart is so light that it's amazing. I get to play all this grief, all this loss, all this disaster and chaos. It's hysterically funny. I am very light."

Linda Hamilton, American Actress

Funny, Heart, Chaos, Disaster

28

"So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work."

"So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

Funny, Work, Day, Play

28

"The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time."

"The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Funny, Time, Trying

28

"It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill."

"It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

Funny, Time, Life, Acting

28

"Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends."

"Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends."

Anthony LaPaglia, American Actor

Funny, Being, Friends, Martin

27

"You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician."

"You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician."

Pete Fountain, American Musician

Funny, Money, People, Jazz

27

"It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds."

"It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

Funny, Time, People, Acting

27

"I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny."

"I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny."

Martin Short, American Actor

27

"When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'"

"When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'"

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

Funny, People, Comedy

27

"It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them."

"It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them."

Tracey Ullman, British Comedian

27

"It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life."

"It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Funny, Life, Love, People

27

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information."

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information."

Ted Allen, American Entertainer

Funny, Successful, Eye, Information

27

"I have a funny name."

"I have a funny name."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

27

"What you do with it and things like that, but I basically chose this after I read it because I thought it was different and funny and unique and dark - things that I like to do."

"What you do with it and things like that, but I basically chose this after I read it because I thought it was different and funny and unique and dark - things that I like to do."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

26

"In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take."

"In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

26

"I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion."

"I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

26

"It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals."

"It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

Funny, Goals, Chance, Protest

26

"You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny."

"You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

26

"It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent."

"It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent."

Natalie Merchant, American Musician

26

"It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up."

"It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

26

"I never say a funny thing intentionally."

"I never say a funny thing intentionally."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

26

"People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life."

"People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Funny, Life, Time, People

26

"In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me."

"In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me."

Rosie Perez, American Actress

Funny, Friends, Quiet, Want

25

"Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids."

"Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

Funny, Life, Kids

25

"But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know."

"But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Funny, Focus, Sheep, Sleep

25

"It's funny how most activists are pacifists."

"It's funny how most activists are pacifists."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

25

"When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown."

"When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown."

Nora Dunn, American Actress

25

"But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough."

"But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

25

"Nothing's funny about someone who's successful."

"Nothing's funny about someone who's successful."

Drew Carey, American Actor

Funny, Successful, Nothing

25

"Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period."

"Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period."

Patton Oswalt, American Comedian

Funny, Hate, Years

25

"Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching."

"Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Funny, Movies, Work

25

"It's funny how all of this has worked out - I wasn't popular in high school, but now every drunken guy in the United States wants to be my pal. They all want to buy me a shot, and pretty soon I'm throwing up."

"It's funny how all of this has worked out - I wasn't popular in high school, but now every drunken guy in the United States wants to be my pal. They all want to buy me a shot, and pretty soon I'm throwing up."

Jimmy Kimmel, American Celebrity

Funny, Now, Popular, Pretty

25

"I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know."

"I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know."

Esther Williams, American Actress

Funny, Women, People, Control

25

"We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think."

"We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think."

Tony Hancock, British Comedian

25

"A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it."

"A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Funny, Humor, Will

25

"It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers."

"It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers."

Julie Benz, American Actress

25

"I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man."

"I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man."

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

25

"Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke."

"Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke."

John Krasinski, American Actor

Funny, Time, Being, Girls

24

"You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady."

"You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady."

Doris Roberts, American Actress

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