David C. Driskell Quotes
There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My parents always told me that you do not make fun of anybody, and so I didn't see anything funny about it.
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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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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.
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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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Being funny is a symptom of what's underneath. You're pumping out all that energy because something else is going on inside you, some opposing force, something uncomfortable.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.
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You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre.
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There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
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'Vicky Donor' proved that the audience was waiting for well-scripted funny films.
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Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.
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I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it.
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David Mamet's writing is pretty spectacular, obviously. I like the honesty of it; I like how funny it is and how sad it is.
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Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
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I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.
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There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.
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There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My parents always told me that you do not make fun of anybody, and so I didn't see anything funny about it.
