Comedy Quotes
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I love doing comedy.
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You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do it! We're praying for you." The advice starts. "Use a heavier ball." "Keep your arm straight." "You should get a vasectomy." If you're really bad at bowling like me, they'll ask if want the bumpers up. Not that bowling is that complex anyway. "You want the bumpers? We can get rid of the pins. Why don't you take this coloring book and sit in the corner?"
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But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.
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Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.
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I think the combination of action and the combination of comedy are two really, really good genres to meld together.
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Comedy deals with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality.
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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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Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh. Comedy has to come from the character.
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'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be denigrated. And they also know how to play irony, which I think a lot of English actors might find quite difficult.
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It's not easy to direct in another language, especially comedy.
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Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.
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Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter, not to be tickled or bustled into it.
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What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
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There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension and setups and payoffs and misdirections and surprising people and sort of pushing the boundary.
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There are a lot of action movies with very little comedy.
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Comedy, such a lovely lady, she'll pick you up, you your feeling blue.
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Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.
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I think it might be interesting to give an Emmy to an outstanding background performance in either a comedy or drama series.
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You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.
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I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.
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Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.
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I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.
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I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.
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There's comedy in tragedy, and tragedy in comedy. There's always light and dark in most jobs. Whether it's framed as a comedy, drama or tragedy, you try to mix it up within that. You can work on a comedy and it's not laugh-a-minute off set. You can work on a tragedy that's absolutely hilarious.
