Eugene Mirman Quotes
People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with a flute making no sense. And it's very easy to be like, yeah, that's not really comedy.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
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I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny, and I'm always having to dampen that down.
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There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make comedy audiences hipper and edgier.
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I love the studio audience. That's where I feel the most at home. You know right away if you're being funny or not.
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Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
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If it gets laughs, it's funny.
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I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human.
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Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.
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Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
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You know it's funny that none of the regular late-night shows now use guest hosts the way Johnny did. No one talks about it much, but it's curious that they don't do it. They would each have to be asked the reason why they don't.
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You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.'
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I went to go see 'Final Destination' which you have to be 17 and over to see and they're like 'Uh, we need to see your I.D.' Here's the really funny thing is that I actually had done my hair and makeup that day. If I don't do my hair and makeup I can understand it but I had actually made an effort to look older.
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You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
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I always had a tremendous amount of rage about the business, and I thought turning that into comedy was healthy.
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If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
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There's nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn't exist before - I won't compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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The biggest problems with movies are expectations.
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People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with a flute making no sense. And it's very easy to be like, yeah, that's not really comedy.
