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"The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny."

"The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny."

James Denton, American Actor

Funny, Women, People, Mystery

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"I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too."

"I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too."

Laura Prepon, American Actress

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"Robert Altman's Nashville is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining."

"Robert Altman's Nashville is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining."

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

Funny, Favorite, Film

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"It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny."

"It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny."

Seth Green, American Actor

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"I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid."

"I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid."

Larry Dixon, American Politician

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"I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking."

"I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Funny, Movies, Talking

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"I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me."

"I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

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"Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth."

"Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth."

Stephen Baldwin, American Actor

Funny, Truth, Comedy, Wrong

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"I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive."

"I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive."

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

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"It's good to be funny when you are a comedian."

"It's good to be funny when you are a comedian."

George Lindsey, American Actor

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"What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one."

"What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Funny, HusbConservative

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"I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things."

"I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress

Funny, Sex, Key, Talking

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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."

"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, British Comedian

Funny, Thought, Results

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"Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun to get down and rehearse new things, and also rethink some of the older songs, how we're going to do them."

"Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun to get down and rehearse new things, and also rethink some of the older songs, how we're going to do them."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Funny, Songs, Years

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"Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke."

"Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke."

Alex Winter, American Actor

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"Sometimes we have to actually say, I think you're really funny, but none of your jokes are going to make it on the air. So just answer my questions. Seriously."

"Sometimes we have to actually say, I think you're really funny, but none of your jokes are going to make it on the air. So just answer my questions. Seriously."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

Funny, Jokes, Questions

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"It was a JOB; the video show was a JOB; you don't tell the Aristocrats joke at 8 o'clock at night on network tv, it would be funny though. But those guys know I like dirty stuff, I like clean stuff too."

"It was a JOB; the video show was a JOB; you don't tell the Aristocrats joke at 8 o'clock at night on network tv, it would be funny though. But those guys know I like dirty stuff, I like clean stuff too."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Funny, Job, Network, Night

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"Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny."

"Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny."

Roy Wood, English Musician

Funny, Music, Flying, Play

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"I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?"

"I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?"

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Funny, Clothes, Dress, Months

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"Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places."

"Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places."

Paul Mazursky, American Actor

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"If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it."

"If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it."

Rachel Dratch, American Comedian

Funny, Direction, Ruin

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"I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking."

"I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Funny, Women, People, Conversation

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"The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever."

"The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever."

Gilbert Gottfried, American Comedian

Funny, Being, Pressure

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"Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them."

"Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Funny, Balance, Care, Parents

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"Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored."

"Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Funny, Love, People, Comedy

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"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."

"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Funny, People, Friend

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"Eddie Drake is sort of this loose cannon, funny, edgy guy, who has this really foolish, foolish mustache."

"Eddie Drake is sort of this loose cannon, funny, edgy guy, who has this really foolish, foolish mustache."

Lee Tergesen, American Actor

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"He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be."

"He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be."

Colin Quinn, American Comedian

Funny, People, Act

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"The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!"

"The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!"

Hailee Steinfeld, American Actress

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"Well, you know, I feel like it's about a lot of things. The reason that I made it was because I thought it was really funny and unique and just a different genre."

"Well, you know, I feel like it's about a lot of things. The reason that I made it was because I thought it was really funny and unique and just a different genre."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

Funny, Thought, Reason

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"I wish I had a funny story."

"I wish I had a funny story."

Leslie Easterbrook, American Actress

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"People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player."

"People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

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"You know it's funny that none of the regular late-night shows now use guest hosts the way Johnny did. No one talks about it much, but it's curious that they don't do it. They would each have to be asked the reason why they don't."

"You know it's funny that none of the regular late-night shows now use guest hosts the way Johnny did. No one talks about it much, but it's curious that they don't do it. They would each have to be asked the reason why they don't."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

Funny, Guest, Now, Reason

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"Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny."

"Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny."

Seth MacFarlane, American Cartoonist

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"I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny."

"I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny."

Nora Dunn, American Actress

Funny, Thought, Being

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"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."

"During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one."

Jerry Stiller, American Comedian

Funny, Men, People, Audiences

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"I come from a background of hanging out with friends and shooting videos with them, with funny stuff coming out of the group. I guess we got the same charge jocks get out of sports."

"I come from a background of hanging out with friends and shooting videos with them, with funny stuff coming out of the group. I guess we got the same charge jocks get out of sports."

Michael Patrick Jann, American Actor

Funny, Sports, Friends

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"I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left."

"I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

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"These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny little bit that makes it hip."

"These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny little bit that makes it hip."

Nick Lowe, English Musician

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"A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first."

"A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

Funny, First, Senate

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"I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway."

"I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway."

Don Knotts, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Actor

Funny, Time, Dying, End

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"Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all."

"Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all."

George M. Cohan, American Actor

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"Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political."

"Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

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"I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny."

"I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny."

Jason Alexander, American Actor

Funny, Character, Pain

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"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."

"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

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"I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working."

"I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working."

Peter Sellers, British Actor

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"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."

"I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

Funny, People, Pretty

33

"I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time."

"I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time."

Will Ferrell, American Comedian

Funny, Time, Right

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"I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest."

"I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest."

Janeane Garofalo, American Comedian

Funny, People, Class, Will

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