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.Eugene Mirman
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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.
Garrison Keillor -
First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
Adam McKay -
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.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
Rachel Weisz -
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.
Rachael Harris -
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.
Natasha Leggero
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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.
Kaley Cuoco -
Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
Frances McDormand -
If it gets laughs, it's funny.
Rachel Dratch -
Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.
Gabriel Iglesias -
Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
Sam Kinison -
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.
Garry Shandling
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You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
Keegan-Michael Key -
Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.
Luke Wilson -
When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.
Bonnie Hunt -
I'd really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.
Jeanne Tripplehorn -
I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.
Jim Rash -
Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think that something's wrong. Then I explain that I don't have comedy writers scripting everything I'm saying at this particular dinner.
Matthew Perry
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I get a stack of scripts, like, once a month, and most of the time, you find these placeholder girls that are there to provide a bounce for the male character. So we know he's funny because she's serious and she's mad at him. We know he's strong because she needs saving. So really, her job is to validate this personality trait of our hero or male.
Amber Heard -
Somewhere on the other side of this wide nightand the distance between us, I am thinking of you.The room is turning slowly away from the moon.
Carol Ann Duffy -
I have two daughters.
Asghar Farhadi -
The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God.
Jerry Bridges -
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.
Eugene Mirman