You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
In real life, I'm the type of girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. I'm very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself.
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.
As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.