The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard.
— Ned Beauman
Like, I feel like I'm funny, despite the fact that I keep getting rejected by people less funny than me.
— Neal Brennan
I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
— Nathan Fielder
The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you know what's funny? It went, 'Baby darling darling girl, I really love your Jheri Curl.' I thought it was tight as hell.
— Nate Dogg
I grew up in a funny household, and I love making people laugh. It brings me so much joy.
— Natasha Rothwell
Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
— Natasha Leggero
It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.
— Natalie Dormer
I'm usually always very happy and funny and positive. It's only when I'm tired that I get a little low energy.
— Nargis Fakhri
I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
— Naomi Campbell
The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
— Nancy Allen
Women behaving badly has always been funny, to me personally, so I knew I wanted to do something like that.
— Nahnatchka Khan
It's funny because my mom is not a singer at all, nor is my father. But I definitely get more of my father's tone.
— Nadia Ali
As a child, I was a victim of bullying because of my cultural background. I didn't look like all the other kids. I had a funny name.
— Mustafa Ali
Humor strips dominated what were called the funny papers early in the century, but by the 1920s and '30s, adventure strips had taken over. With 'Beetle Bailey,' I revived the funny part of the funny papers, and I'd be proud to be remembered for that.
— Mort Walker
British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.
— Morrissey
It's funny how we 'do' Christmas. Christmas is not something that we do, it is something that was done. It celebrates the long awaited arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We had nothing to do with it, but what we can do is praise God for the coming of the Lord, who washed away the sins of the world by dying on the cross.
— Monica Johnson
I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place.
— Molly Shannon
There's nothing worse than trying to be funny and not being funny.
The thing about comedians is, we’re generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory.
If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason.
There are a lot of funny people in my family. Absolutely. There were a lot of jokes growing up around the dinner table, for sure. We didn't grow up in a creative family.
— Nate Corddry
I'm somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses the human condition.
— Natasha Lyonne
What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.
— Nasser Hussain
Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
— Naomi Watts
Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
— Nancy Meyers
If I could play any role in any musical, it would be Desiree in 'A Little Night Music' - Oh my, it is perfection. The character gets to be funny, beautiful, sexy and smart all at the same time and have two men fighting over her. The show is Stephen Sondheim at his absolute best... need I say more?
With 'Always Be My Maybe,' this has to be funny; this has to be entertaining. And then, when we stop for these moments with the characters that are emotional, you kind of feel it more because it's a little bit unexpected.
I feel like a lot of Indian fans don't know about my Indian background, so it's funny online that a lot of fans call me this Pakistani dude. No, I'm Indian, too.
In my forthcoming movie 'Jerry,' I play a funny character, where there is scope for me to perform. I hope people would appreciate my performance. Hence forth I would concentrate on doing variety of roles, rather than appearing in skimpy costumes.
— Mumtaj
Comedians have to challenge the power. Comedians should be dangerous and devastating - and funny. That's the hardest part.
— Mort Sahl
I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.
— Moon Unit Zappa
Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny - and yes, a good man.
— Monica Crowley
It's funny what memory does, isn't it? My favorite holiday tradition might not have happened more than once or twice. But because it is such a good memory, so encapsulating of everything I love about the holidays, in my mind it happened every year. Without fail.
— Molly O'Keefe
You’re supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.
Most visions of extraterrestrial life are actually steeped in human hubris. The fictional extraterrestrials of 'Star Trek' or a hundred other space operas are less alien than many of my neighbors. And funny, the ones running the place are mostly WASPish men.
— Nathan Myhrvold
When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.
— Nate Silver
I'm a military brat, so I moved around a ton. When you're making friends and you're funny, it makes that easier.
It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
— Natasha Little
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
— Natalie Merchant
Ritesh Deshmukh is rock star. He has a lovely family. He works so hard, and he's a great actor. He's funny, friendly, doesn't have an ego, and is so nice to everyone. He's a fine professional, a good husband, and a good father. That's a rock star for me.
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.
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely.
— Nancy Gibbs
It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singer, and a lot of people that know I can sing don't know I can dance. And so, I feel like at some point I have to show them both and really be able to display it and showcase it, and put that out there.
— Naima Adedapo
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
— Naguib Mahfouz
One of the funny lines that Daniel Bryan said in a promo is that he made fun of me for driving in an SUV, and he asked why such a small man like myself needs to drive an SUV, but we're standing literally eye to eye, and I'm like, 'Ummm.'
I am naturally prone to fun or to be funny, but when I talk about myself in interviews, then it's an intellectual exercise.
— Morten Harket
My life needs editing.
Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live.
— Monica Potter
Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny.
— Monica Bellucci
