Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.
You're basically on set to help the production. You're helping the actors make it make sense, or maybe you wrote something that doesn't work in the production sense. Most of it is coming up with jokes.
A joke is necessary at this time.
There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That's why it's a joke.
I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about.
Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.
People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.
I learned how to make jokes because I wanted to give people as much fun as they did, and I guess I did, too.
I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.
Laughter is the only tenable attitude in a universe which is a joke played on itself.
Here’s my most funniest joke, I’m broke.
When in doubt, go for the dick joke.
I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.
What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on that first day during the table read, they take your jokes away and give them to somebody else.
Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don't tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.
The Mexican. . . is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.
Today is Veterans Day. Thank you to all our men and women who have served the United States armed forces. In honor of Veterans Day we are marching out a few jokes that have already served.
I was really enjoying one of the screenings of 'Beautiful Creatures' and there was this little 14-year-old boy sitting next to me in the screening and I was laughing at all the jokes and I just felt really judged. I had to keep it down a bit. It's a bit embarrassing.
One of my secrets is to joke all the time.
I love working with older actors because number one, I can learn so much from them because they have so much experience. And it's fun to hear their stories from their era, some of the jokes.