Comedy Quotes
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I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.
Sharlto Copley -
Donald Trump is making decisions that affect people's day-to-day life, and he's constantly, constantly making some crazy announcement. It's like, "Well, what are we supposed to talk about? The D train? Traffic?" Trump is the one guy that's like, "Yeah, I'll do 90 minutes of live comedy. Seems easy enough."
Michael Che
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If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that. Now I tell people.
Carlos Mencia -
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 -
To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.
Robert Webb -
You've got to have a likeability factor, I think, in your comedy characters. If the guy's really, really funny but you just don't like him or her, then you're never going to root for them.
Rhys Darby -
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.'
Tommy Cooper -
I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V.
Jud Tylor
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What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
Michael Caine -
I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.
Michael Shannon -
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
Stephen Sondheim -
Comedy is about talking about my own experience, and I'm a woman, and that's my experience, and just because it isn't yours doesn't invalidate it.
Sarah Silverman -
Оf course you can only write comedy when you're smoking weed.
Scott Aukerman -
It's depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material.
Sandra Bernhard
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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.
Paul Merton -
Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails perfect, you're in air-conditioned rooms the whole time.
Morris Chestnut -
I like doing all different types of comedy - stand-up, sketch, movies, TV. I like to try everything.
Michael Showalter -
Comedy is acting out optimism.
Robin Williams -
I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and they use humor to help them through it. I think it's a great remedy for many things.
Brian Regan -
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.
Brett Gelman
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I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it.
Steve Martin -
I'll get laughs in the places I don't want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in. I don't mean to get too deep into comedy here.
Baron Vaughn -
To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.
Nikki Cox -
I definitely think that comedy is my niche.
Nikki Schieler