Comedy Quotes
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What I wanted to do was the comedy, and I found that. I found my bliss, I think.
Riaad Moosa -
Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy. Comic Destiny is Fortune - what the world will bring, and the man will take or miss, encounter or escape; tragic Destiny is what the man brings, and the world will demand of him. That is his Fate.
Susanne Langer
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I want to do more comedy... I've done a couple TV shows that had some comedy going on.
Sunny Mabrey -
The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.
Wendy Wasserstein -
A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later down the road.
Brian Regan -
I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I talk about my family quite a lot, my kids. Anything that resonates with me I talk about. The important thing is it should be able to work in a family setting.
Riaad Moosa -
I like doing all different types of comedy - stand-up, sketch, movies, TV. I like to try everything.
Michael Showalter -
There are a lot of action movies with very little comedy.
Steve Carr
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Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.
Norm MacDonald -
Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.
Paul O'Grady -
When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character. You want to play truthfully and you want to be genuine with your character.
Mila Kunis -
I think a character in a comedy should not know they`re in a comedy.
Steve Carell -
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are a match made in comedy heaven. They're perfect.
Ben Lyons -
My intent when I moved to L.A. was to get in good with the comedy clubs and, eventually, try to break into Comedy Central and have my half hour special.
Nico Santos
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I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V.
Jud Tylor -
I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.
Will Ferrell -
I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.
Michaela Watkins -
The only thing I can say in comparison is when I play comedy characters; I definitely put empathy in right up at the forefront. I think if you believe in someone because you not necessarily feel sorry for them, but you can see how they are the way they are and you can laugh with them, but rather than laugh at them, you are on their side and I think it's
Rhys Darby -
Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.
Tom Lehrer -
As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.
Rik Mayall
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Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't comedians. You just played things real and the comedy came out of the context.
Will Ferrell -
To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.
Robert Webb -
I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.
Noah Hathaway -
I'm lucky. I've worked with extremely talented women who won't sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better.
Heather Burns