Comedy Quotes
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Fear is what makes comedy funny.
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'You Gotta Have Heart' is one of the most ridiculously perfect, amazing musical comedy songs ever.
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I think it's an uphill battle in every field. You hear late-night comedy is hard on women. And then you hear investment banking is hard on women. And tech is hard on women. And then you start digging, and you learn philosophy departments are hard on women!
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My comedy grows as I grow as a person.
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I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film.
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The '80s was a great decade for comedy.
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Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.
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Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.
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Comedy is what keeps us alive.
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When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing bits about hailing cabs and being terrorists. So the first two years, I didn't do any of that because I wanted to separate myself from those guys. But race is a big part of who I am, and it should be a big part of my comedy.
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I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to live comedy does is it makes you give people a second chance.
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I don't want want to go to jail, I'm fragile.
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The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.
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Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.
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I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.
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On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.
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I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.
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I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom.
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I would never say no to comedy.
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I like grown up comedy.
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If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a really smart piece of material.
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Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.
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Maybe I'll just become a cartoon character because there's nothing left for me to do in an R-rated comedy.
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I'm a creature of adaptation. I take advantage of the second and the moment. My comedy breathes; it's not really that predictable. I do have a linear style, but other than that, there's a lot of abstract. I just go off on what I'm thinking. I'm not that topical. I like to talk about me and my experiences.
