Comedy Quotes
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Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.
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I'm a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to him, he was on Comedy Central. It puts you on the map... Hollywood knows now.
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If the setups take too long, you wind up losing momentum. Momentum is very good for comedy. Not having to do eight setups in a single scene and have it take five hours is very good for comedy.
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I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
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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 got up early because I wanted to." - Nobody
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People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.
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Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.
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Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today.
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I think in most cases, if you're with good people, comedy creation happens faster in collaboration. That's how I can tell if it's a good collaboration: If it's faster than me by myself, then it works. If it's slower than me by myself, then I get out of the room.
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I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy out there.
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I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.
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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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My goal in life is to be as happy as a studio audience.
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Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy, anything that has a good story.
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There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good idea again.
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I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.
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I would never quit comedy to make money. I've been doing it, like, 30 years. I still love it. That's my life.
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I loved traditional musical comedy. That was my passion. Then 'Spring Awakening' happened, and it took that rock n' roll and pop music to change gears for me.
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Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.
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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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Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
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I really appreciate comedy a lot.
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Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.
