Comedy Quotes
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In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.
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All of my favorite comedy has always been of the grounded variety. Even 'MacGruber.' I think that MacGruber is a really grounded character.
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If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences.
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When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.
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I want to do more comedy... I've done a couple TV shows that had some comedy going on.
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It was a struggle for a long time. My parents were rightly cautious, in the sense that they were like, "We want you to do what you want to do. We just also want you to not have to sleep on an air mattress for the rest of your life." What was beneficial for me was that I did everything I could to let them be a part of my life and show them how seriously I took comedy. This is my way of helping people and contributing something to society, and I'm doing everything I can to be as funny as possible without embarrassing them. They're proud now.
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Some of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act.
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I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.
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When Steampunk meets adventure and adventure meets comedy and comedy meets ingenuity and ingenuity meets charm and charm meets wonder and wonder meets pleasure the result is a Triumph. Dr Grordbort is the future. And the past. Which makes an ideal present.
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What I wanted to do was the comedy, and I found that. I found my bliss, I think.
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I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.
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I think comedy is incredibly discriminated against. It is one of the most enjoyed yet most condescended art forms in the world. It's the same thing with hip-hop.
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Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
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My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.
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It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh.
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And the back of his anorak was leaping up and down, and people were chucking money to him. I said 'Do you earn a living doing that?' He said 'Yes, this my livelihood.'
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My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next. Enjoyment while performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford.
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I'm not really crazy about broad comedy. I like very possible, real situations that you might have found yourself in.
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My style of comedy is very real and bittersweet, and sort of always on the verge of kind of being tragic.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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There was a lot of terrible, terrible comedy in the seventies along with 'Fawlty Towers.' It's easy to forget.
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A great piece of comedy is a verbal magic trick.
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I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.
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The only weapon we have is the comedy.
