Comedy Quotes

The other day a woman came up to me and said, Didn’t I see you on television? I said, I don’t know. You can’t see out the other way.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.

There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I’ll cry.

I enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy.

Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.

Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I’ve always worked hard.

I think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.

A year ago I came here without a nickle in my pocket, now, I’ve got a nickle in my pocket.