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"Funny is an attitude."
Flip Wilson
"Funny is an attitude."
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"Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've been asked how weird it was to have a Brit do a church gospel movie."
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've been asked how weird it was to have a Brit do a church gospel movie."
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"It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible."
Johnny Knoxville
"It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible."
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"But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something."
Dabney Coleman
"But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something."
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"James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was."
Will Ferrell
"James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was."
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"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."
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"What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade."
Victoria Beckham
"What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade."
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"Justin Timberlake is everything, and what more could you want in a person? He's funny. He's cute. He's great. He just understands. I get him and he gets me, and that's cool."
Britney Spears
"Justin Timberlake is everything, and what more could you want in a person? He's funny. He's cute. He's great. He just understands. I get him and he gets me, and that's cool."
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"It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it."
Owen Wilson
"It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it."
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"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
George Bernard Shaw
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
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"At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes."
Diane Cilento
"At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes."
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"I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny."
Rachel Dratch
"I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny."
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"Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female."
Jo Brand
"Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female."
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"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
"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."
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"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
Julie Benz
"When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice."
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"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."
Majel Barrett
"You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre."
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"It's funny how most activists are pacifists."
Craig Bruce
"It's funny how most activists are pacifists."
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"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
"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."
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"The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people."
Miranda Otto
"The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people."
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"I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it."
Gene Wilder
"I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it."
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"If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain."
Jimmy Reed
"If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain."
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"It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear."
Mick Ralphs
"It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear."
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"We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again."
Sheena Easton
"We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again."
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"I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive."
Jerry Seinfeld
"I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive."
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"I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling."
Jim Dale
"I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling."
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"I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down."
Harold Ramis
"I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down."
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"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."
Kristen Johnston
"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."
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"Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good."
Howard Stern
"Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good."
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"But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick."
Kristen Johnston
"But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick."
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"I'm not funny. What I am is brave."
Lucille Ball
"I'm not funny. What I am is brave."
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"It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good."
Jon Lovitz
"It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good."
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"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
"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."
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"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."
Mary Douglas
"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."
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"It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals."
Craig Bruce
"It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals."
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"The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing."
Jo Brand
"The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing."
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"And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it."
Al Franken
"And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it."
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"When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh."
Barry Sonnenfeld
"When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh."
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"We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross."
Shawn Wayans
"We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross."
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"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
"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."
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"I watched a porno once, it was really funny."
Katie Holmes
"I watched a porno once, it was really funny."
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"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."
Joe Viterelli
"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."
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"Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny."
Harold Ramis
"Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny."
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"You amaze me. You're 229 years old and that's what you think is funny."
Max Wright
"You amaze me. You're 229 years old and that's what you think is funny."
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"I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably."
Jhonen Vasquez
"I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably."
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"I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front."
Garry shandling
"I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front."
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"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
"We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think."
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"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."
Jerry Stiller
"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."
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"So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever."
Patrick Warburton
"So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever."
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"Since she got a cause and stopped being funny. I think she's real funny, but lately it's all been hearts and flowers and tears and saving teenagers and creating a role model. And that ain't funny. No giggles there."
Andy Richter
"Since she got a cause and stopped being funny. I think she's real funny, but lately it's all been hearts and flowers and tears and saving teenagers and creating a role model. And that ain't funny. No giggles there."
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"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."
Ben Stiller
"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."
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