“If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what’s funny in the joke.”– Richard Russo Related Quotes “People always ask me, ‘Were you funny as a child?’ Well, no, I was an accountant.”– Ellen DeGeneres “I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.”– Joe E. Lewis “You can’t be funny if you don’t have good material.”– Matt LeBlanc