Alan Alda Quotes
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
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I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.
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It's the comedy that guides me. The acting and all that stuff comes second. It's equally important, but I just try to do that as best as I can.
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I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
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I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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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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Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
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There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy.
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I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.
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I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.
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I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.
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Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
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I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'
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[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use your gift for being able to let loose and be very unself-conscious. It took me time though before I was really able to get comfortable doing that.
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In a marriage, in any long-term relationship, not to bother with lying. There's no time for that. If you have any sort of secret life, it will come back to haunt you.
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Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn't be threatened by the ads I do.
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Oh, my father's had a huge, immense impact on my career. I grew up on movie sets that he was working on, and it just become a part or was a part, was the only part of my life because I spent my whole childhood traveling and being on film sets.
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Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
