Comedy Quotes
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I'm equally terrified of both comedy and drama. The only thing I'm really comfortable with is action.
Michael Shannon -
Comedy is my proper job. It's what I should be doing, and when I do other bits like my science series, I miss it.
Ben Miller
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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 -
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.
Carrie Brownstein -
Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.
Sara Paretsky -
In all honesty, we don't know what's in the hearts of other men. All I know is that I respect comedy and I know comedy. I would never, ever, ever take somebody else's joke.
Carlos Mencia -
When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.
Will Ferrell -
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Stephen Fry
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Comedy's about things the way they are. It's about the world as it is, not the world as we would like it to be, and science is the same, really.
Ben Miller -
The fundamental truth guiding social justice comedy is that people are not shitty. That sounds cheesy, but that's how I have to approach it. Everybody has the capacity for change.
Negin Farsad -
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.
Ben Miller -
With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.
Steve Martin -
I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V.
Jud Tylor -
Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups.
Bill Burr
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A great piece of comedy is a verbal magic trick.
Chris Bliss -
Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.
Ernst Lubitsch -
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 am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.
Stephen Mangan -
I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
Saoirse Ronan -
I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.
Josh Gad
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One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.
Michael Shannon -
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.
Sarah Silverman -
You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.
Sharon Gless -
As with anything that involves emotional pain, comedy isn't too far behind. There's that element of no matter how painful something is - as long as it is not you that is going through it - it can be funny.
Ben Miller