Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ...
See Jon Favreau's other roles →Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book write...
See Kevin Smith's other roles →Robert M. "Bobby" Cannavale (born May 3, 1970) is an American actor noted for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the...
See Bobby Cannavale's other roles →Frederick James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has starred in films s...
See Freddie Prinze Jr.'s other roles →Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American-Canadian actor, best known for his role as Chandler Bing...
See Matthew Perry's other roles →An American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debu...
See Whoopi Goldberg's other roles →Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best ...
See Martin Short's other roles →James Thomas Fallon, Jr. (born September 18, 1974) is an American actor, television host, comedian, singer, and music...
See Jimmy Fallon's other roles →The Rt. Hon. Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), better known as Christopher Gues...
See Christopher Guest's other roles →Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. ...
See Janeane Garofalo's other roles →Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for hi...
See Judd Apatow's other roles →Stephen Merchant is a British writer, director, radio presenter, stand-up comedian, and actor, best known for his wor...
See Stephen Merchant's other roles →Kevin Pollak is an American actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy...
See Kevin Pollak's other roles →Matthew Paul "Matt" Walsh (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, director, and writer best known as ...
See Matt Walsh's other roles →Jay Scott Greenspan, better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian...
See Jason Alexander's other roles →Joseph Vincent Lo Truglio (/loʊˈtruːljoʊ/; born December 2, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer...
See Joe Lo Truglio's other roles →Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ...
See Jason Reitman's other roles →Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American actor, television personality, writer, musi...
See Chris Hardwick's other roles →Samuel Franklin Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his portrayal of Neal...
See Samm Levine's other roles →David Michael Koechner is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner ...
See David Koechner's other roles →Nicholas "Nick" Swardson (born October 9, 1976) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. He is best known...
See Nick Swardson's other roles →Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show a...
See Andy Richter's other roles →Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956 - January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and televisio...
See Bob Saget's other roles →Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his roles as Dr. Mark ...
See Richard Kind's other roles →Amy Schumer was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island, New York. She attended South Side High School and was v...
See Amy Schumer's other roles →Kevin Nealon is an American actor and comedian, best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995,...
See Kevin Nealon's other roles →Paul S. Feig is an American director, actor and author. Feig is known for playing Mr. Eugene Pool, Sabrina's science ...
See Paul Feig's other roles →Laraine Newman is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, who was part of the original cast of NBC's...
See Laraine Newman's other roles →Jim has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, a...
See Jim Gaffigan's other roles →Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968), best known as Paul F. Tompkins, is an American actor and comedian.
See Paul F. Tompkins's other roles →Lawrence John Miller (born October 15, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and columnist. He is primaril...
See Larry Miller's other roles →Geoff James Nugent (born 14 February 1977), known professionally as Jim Jefferies (and previously Jim Jeffries), is a...
See Jim Jefferies's other roles →Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily kno...
See Kumail Nanjiani's other roles →Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia...
See Mike Birbiglia's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American comedian and actor.
See Richard Lewis's other roles →Gregory Everett "Greg" Proops (born October 3, 1959)[1] is an Americanactor, stand-up comedian and television host. H...
See Greg Proops's other roles →David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but...
See Dave Thomas's other roles →Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and acto...
See Lewis Black's other roles →Marc Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host. He has been host of The Marc...
See Marc Maron's other roles →James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Bro...
See James L. Brooks's other roles →Penn Jillette is an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known fo...
See Penn Jillette's other roles →David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969) is an American comedian, writer, actor and director. He is most widely know...
See David Wain's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer, ...
See Robert Smigel's other roles →Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third ...
See Michael Showalter's other roles →James Joseph "Jim" Norton, Jr. (b July 19, 1968) is an American comedian, radio personality, author, and actor. He is...
See Jim Norton's other roles →Loot Delaney is an American-British comedian, Actor, author, and activist. He was the co-star and co-author of the TV...
See Rob Delaney's other roles →Dana Gould was born on August 24, 1964 and is currently 59 years old.
See Dana Gould's other roles →Wayne Federman was born on June 22, 1959 and is currently 64 years old.
See Wayne Federman's other roles →Todd Steven Glass (born December 16, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian.
See Todd Glass's other roles →Robert Michael Slayton is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for a supporting role in...
See Bobby Slayton's other roles →Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English comedian, actor, writer and producer. His best know...
See Steve Coogan's other roles →Jemaine Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and musician, best known as one half of the m...
See Jemaine Clement's other roles →Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic ...
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