Comedy Quotes
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.
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Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.
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All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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I want to do a romantic comedy. Like a 'When Harry Met Sally' romantic comedy... A really sweet, show-my-vulnerability kind of role.
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I want to see better quality of comedy on TV.
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When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be.
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I've always just been attracted to comedy.
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I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.
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I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.
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Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable.
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I love a good Steve Martin, Martin Short scene where they're being super physical - I don't mean to compare myself - but I relate to their type of comedy because they do crazy stuff but come at it in an honest way.
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It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.
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Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.
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I've never been a shirt-off, pants-off kind of comedy guy.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.
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I first fell in love with comedy when I'd visit my granny as a kid. Trips to her house meant staying up late drinking Coca-Cola and watching 'Saturday Night Live'.
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I love mixing horror with comedy.
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'50/50' is a comedy. I shouldn't say it's a buddy comedy because it's not farcical, and it's based on a true story, but it's viewing that experience through a very truthful lens of humour.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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In comedy, if you don't have the right tuning with your co-actor, the humour can fall flat.
Jacqueline Fernandez -
I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
