Comedy Quotes
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I realized that I really enjoy writing comedy, and how important comedy is when you feel like total crap.
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When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.
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When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.
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I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.
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I think my life has everything, you know; it has comedy, has drama, has action.
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When you do comedy, the audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say. Sometimes you're not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn't mean it's not funny. It means you haven't explored it enough. I'll get laughs in the places I don't want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in.
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I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.
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I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.
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I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life.
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It's important on a comedy to have a fun loving set.
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Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.
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Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy.
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I guess funny people are attracted to funny people, and then you get comedy marriages.
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I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history.
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Music and comedy are so linked. The rhythm of comedy is connected to the rhythm of music. They’re both about creating tension and knowing when to let it go. I’m always surprised when somebody funny is not musical.
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I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.
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There's something so naked about being on stage as a musician. I think about that even with standup comedy or something - like, 'This is it, this is what I got.'
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I'm never happier when writing than when I see gags taking shape - ideally, gags at my own expense. What I like is the shuttling back and forth, serious into comedy and vice-versa, ideally, both in the same sentence, or even simultaneously. The best jokes are always ideas in miniature.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me.
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I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.
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Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all.
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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 consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head.
