Comedy Quotes
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Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.
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When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy.
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Comedy is good at analysing and dealing with evil because it doesn't present it as evil but a collection of banalities.
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'Wayne's World' is my all time favorite comedy. I used to watch it on VHS on repeat with my brother when I was ten years old.
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I won't ever get on stage at a comedy club when people know about it.
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Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They're sort of commenting as they're playing the character. I think it's hard not to do that. I've certainly done that.
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They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'
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My day jobs... I knew I was bad at those, so I didn't really have the confidence to think that I could do comedy. But I knew I hated the day jobs.
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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
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Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say 'I've got cancer' and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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I would love to do some crazy action or even a real romantic comedy. I think that would be really exciting.
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I adore doing comedy, I think it's fantastic. I never saw myself doing exclusively comedy.
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There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.
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Look at the genres women like: a romantic comedy game doesn't exist. Few examples of a documentary game exist. What is the equivalent of a real drama game? They don't exist. Emotion with that complexity for a more mature, older audience are necessary to make medium-like video games healthy so it can be highly respected like the film industry.
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I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.
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I think the only consistent thing is that I like projects that explore different social themes. 'Our Family Wedding' is a comedy, but it deals with two different cultures coming together. It's also about people letting go.
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I think comedy is the hardest art form there is.
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In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
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I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.
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I think some people's comedy IQ's aren't as high as other people's, so they don't really know what's going on. Or they think they know what's going on, but they don't really.
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I enjoy comedy and drama. A nice balance of both is great.
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I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.
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I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.
