When you're out of sight for as long as I was there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie it's got to be a funny movie and it's got to make people think 'Hey I couldn't have spent my time any better.'

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side they don't like you as much. I find too that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism.

I never thought of myself as like a funny person.

It's funny I never considered that people are going to see me on the show and maybe stop me on the subway.

There's always an article coming out saying 'The new thing is funny women!'

I mean I - it's so funny I am you know I am you know a working woman out in the world but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long stuttering period of moving out.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny but he was.

Funny enough if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery we look at them and go I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking.

I watch things that are fun or funny or interesting.

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say 'Oh no it's on the house.'

Comedy's so subjective and if someone comes to watch doesn't get it doesn't find it funny then fine.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can say the most horrible things and it's not offensive it's funny?

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

I'm like bursting. I should be working. I don't want to take a break. It's funny on set I don't have to go to the bathroom I don't have anything wrong I'm perfectly fine so through-and-through. I'm not hungry. I'm literally not even in my own body.