Comedy Quotes
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I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have material. My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with 'topics' - race, white versus black - you're not separating from the pack. You're doing what everybody else is doing.
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I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I know I can do it. If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.
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Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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Comedy is so fun. I don't know how these people can make movies and work on them for four months and they're these sob stories. I don't know how emotionally you get through that.
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Comedy is basically self-deprecation.
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I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.
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If I find a comedy club where no one's camera works, I'll go.
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Comedy was my sport. It taught me how to roll with the punches. Failure is the exact same as success when it comes to comedy because it just keeps coming. It never stops.
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Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.
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Your funny gets developed pretty early on. Comedy requires that you understand as much as possible about the viewpoints of all people and everything that's going on around you. It genuinely requires a true point of view, a real sense of your own view of things in the world.
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Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
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I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.
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In the world of comedy, having a partner is not the most unusual thing.
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You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.
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Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.
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You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed.
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To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations.
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I don't think all comedy should be mindless. Have something that's thoughtful. Maybe some things are tongue-in-cheek; maybe some things are very direct. I like that people have to think about things. That excites me. Because if you say certain things, it starts a dialogue. Even if you disagree, it's still a dialogue.
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Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
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I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.
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I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy.
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
