Sarah Silverman Quotes

Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.

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• First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Comedy
  • Care
  • Wise

• I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
  • People
  • Up
  • Career

• I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Comedy
  • Old
  • Watch

• I love doing sitcoms. I love doing comedy. I love the whole shooting match.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Love
  • Comedy
  • Doing

• 'The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if you want to laugh and unwind.

  

  Nancy Travis
  • Great
  • Family
  • Comedy

• I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Comedy
  • Air
  • Difference

• My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.

  

  Jackie Mason
  • Comedy
  • Come
  • Studies

• I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me. I try to be a happy guy! It seems that most of my life has the energy more for a comedy than for drama. I'm grateful to do both, but I would have to lean towards the comedy side of acting.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • Life
  • Why
  • Happy

• I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Funny

• 'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.

  

  Kaitlyn Dever
  • Man
  • Comedy
  • Doing

• I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Comedy
  • Never
  • Feel

• Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • People
  • Real
  • Change

• You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.'

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • People
  • Know
  • Comedy

• Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say 'I've got cancer' and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Good
  • Comedy

• I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.

  

  Andrew Buchan
  • People
  • School
  • Comedy

• I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On Harvard Time,' which was a student TV show trying to be 'The Daily Show.' And I wrote a humor column for 'The Crimson' starting my sophomore year.

  

  Alexandra Petri
  • Up
  • Time
  • Trying

• There's a great deal of echoing going on in 'Old School.' Mr. Piven, who played the upstart outsider in the 1994 campus comedy 'PCU,' has crossed over into playing the stiff martinet.

  

  Elvis Mitchell
  • Great
  • School
  • Comedy

• All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things are not in opposition.

  

  David Farr
  • God
  • Funny
  • Comedy

• Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Comedy
  • Laugh
  • Doug Motel

• I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Funny

• Everyone calls me 'the male Jennifer Lawrence,' because I just say things because I'm random, and I do things and I don't care what people think. I think she's hilarious.

  

  Colton Haynes
  • People
  • She
  • Random

• If you believe indeed in the Lord Jesus for the salvation of your soul, if you walk uprightly and do not regard iniquity in your heart, if you continue to wait patiently, and believingly upon God; then answers will surely be given to your prayers.

  

  George Muller
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• Since September 11, 2001, many in this nation and this Congress have a deeper appreciation for the importance of the sacrifices made by our law enforcement officers.

  

  Jerry Costello
  • Law
  • Appreciation
  • September

• Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.

  

  Sarah Silverman
  • Comedy
  • Velocity