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"I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right."

"I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

Funny, Feet, Right

6

"I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny."

"I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny."

Dane Cook, American Comedian

6

"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

6

"It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it."

"It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it."

Maya Lin, American Architect

6

"I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk."

"I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk."

David Carradine, American Actor

Funny, Act, Needs

6

"But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict."

"But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict."

Brad Garrett, American Actor

Funny, Conflict, Garden, Want

6

"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

6

"Sylvester Stallone is very funny and he's a great guy to hang out with."

"Sylvester Stallone is very funny and he's a great guy to hang out with."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

6

"I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly."

"I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Funny, Sister, People, Being

6

"If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset."

"If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset."

Guido van Rossum, Dutch Scientist

Funny, Language, Talking

6

"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

6

"As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life."

"As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

Funny, Life, Absurdity, Comedy

6

"The only guaranteed way to make something not very funny is to make it vague."

"The only guaranteed way to make something not very funny is to make it vague."

Thomas Lennon, American Actor

6

"It's funny, I had dinner with my dear friend John Spencer last night and I'm not in the first episode, but he's at the beginning of it and he was telling me about it and I thought this sounds very hot because I think this is definitely the last year of West Wing."

"It's funny, I had dinner with my dear friend John Spencer last night and I'm not in the first episode, but he's at the beginning of it and he was telling me about it and I thought this sounds very hot because I think this is definitely the last year of West Wing."

Stockard Channing, American Actress

Funny, Thought, Friend, Beginning

6

"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

6

"If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens."

"If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens."

Daryl Hall, American Musician

6

"I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that."

"I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

Funny, Life, Opportunity

6

"Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I'd like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy - a mixture of the two would be hot."

"Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I'd like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy - a mixture of the two would be hot."

Justin Bieber, Canadian Musician

Funny, Girls, Want, World

6

"The funny thing is, the music that I'm writing now is probably some of the most cutting edge we've ever done. The music that I'm thinking about putting on our next album."

"The funny thing is, the music that I'm writing now is probably some of the most cutting edge we've ever done. The music that I'm thinking about putting on our next album."

Charlie Daniels, American Musician

Funny, Music, Now, Thinking

6

"I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project."

"I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project."

Ron Glass, American Actor

Funny, Opportunity, Project

6

"I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up."

"I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

6

"It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant."

"It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage and hoping you don't trip over something or break an amp or accidentally speak into a live microphone, so I was really hesitant."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

Funny, Being, First

6

"But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set."

"But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set."

Jaime King, American Actress

6

"I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person."

"I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Funny, Movies, Drama, Hurt

6

"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week."

"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week."

Eric Idle, English Comedian

Funny, People, Idea, Being

6

"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

6

"Our characters were antiseptic but we weren't. And if you remember what we did on BATMAN, as the scripts were written very funny, we played them very straight."

"Our characters were antiseptic but we weren't. And if you remember what we did on BATMAN, as the scripts were written very funny, we played them very straight."

Burt Ward, American Actor

6

"I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side."

"I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side."

Parker Posey, American Actress

Funny, People, Comedy, Deep

6

"It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments."

"It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments."

LaToya London, American Musician

Funny, People, Moments, Past

6

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

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

Rupert Grint, English Actor

6

"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

6

"I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show."

"I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show."

Jason Dohring, American Actor

Funny, Home, Heart, Writing

6

"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."

"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, Australian Actress

Funny, Time, Character, Mind

6

"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

6

"This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!"

"This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!"

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

5

"But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone."

"But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

Funny, Love, Strength, Spontaneity

5

"It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park."

"It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Funny, People, Coffee, Walking

5

"The thing that's funny is that everyone thinks I'm dead."

"The thing that's funny is that everyone thinks I'm dead."

Charles Nelson Reilly, American Actor

5

"It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are."

"It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are."

Matt Lauer, American Celebrity

5

"They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls."

"They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

Funny, People, Girls

5

"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."

"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Funny, Humor, God, Hope

5

"I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny."

"I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

Funny, Movies, Sense, Violence

5

"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

5

"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

5

"From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do."

"From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

Funny, Time, First

5

"Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out."

"Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

5

"From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment."

"From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

Funny, Separation, Value

5

"It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!"

"It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!"

Garth Brooks, American Musician

5

"I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences."

"I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences."

Ronny Cox, American Actor

Funny, Time, Audiences, Now

5

"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

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