Comedy Quotes
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You can never look that tough in glasses. ... You never see somebody push up their glasses and say, "I'm gonna kick your ass."
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Comedy has been crossing the country with remarkable speed way before the Internet, social media, even cable TV.
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One of the things I was taught was how you deal with language. It's important, very important in comedy.
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I definitely think that comedy is my niche.
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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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I think a character in a comedy should not know they`re in a comedy.
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I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.
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To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.
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People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.
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Comedy is not pretty.
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I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy and not be funny. My spirit can't take it.
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And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.
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I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.
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I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.
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I'm a huge fan of French comedy. The French play comedy in a slightly different way than we do: they play it with a sort of realism that we don't necessarily often do ourselves.
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The only difference between comedy and drama is that, in comedy, I'm going to utilize the tool of creating laughter to deflect discomfort and, in drama, I won't use a tool, but we're going to actually deal with the discomfort and see what comes out of it.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so I give us another 50 years.
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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.
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Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.
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If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work.
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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.
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If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.
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I'm lucky. I've worked with extremely talented women who won't sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better.
