Will Smith

In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.

American Actor

Jermaine Fowler

I was influenced by a lot of comedy growing up, I had good parents. They were funny, too. My mom was hilarious; my dad was hilarious. I guess being at home around the environment was just a good stage to get started.

Richard Russo

I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.

American Novelist

Scott Hall

One time in WCW, I was the U.S. champ, tag champ, and the TV champ. I had three belts, and I wore them all. I just think it's hilarious, and I never really got caught up in the world title thing.

American Wrestler

Phoebe Robinson

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else.

American Comedian

Issa Rae

I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are the lives of my friends - and my friends are hilarious.

American Actress

Chelsea Clinton

And every day that I spend as Charlotte and Aiden's mother, I think about my own mother, my wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother.

American Celebrity

Alison Brie

In my personal life, I'm hilarious! I was always a bit of a jokester.

Josh Hutcherson

I know my life is full of awkward pauses, and I think it's hilarious.

Karen Kilgariff

Life is as horrifyingly frightening as it is hilarious.

American Writer

Used in casual situations among friends, not in serious or formal settings.

Informal Context

Often used to exaggerate how funny something is, even if it's just mildly amusing.

Exaggeration

Conveys a strong positive reaction, more than just a smile or a chuckle.

Positive Emotion

 that tight knot connecting a word and truth. And let's jump back to thinking about what's funny, because some people say it's real truth is funny. It's funny because it's true. But that's simplistic. Plenty of lies are funny. Comedic fiction can be funny. Made-up nonsense jibberish is frequently hilarious. For instance, florp --

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Hilarious