Comedy Quotes
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My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.
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I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.
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The entire New York comedy scene has moved to L.A. - it's bled the New York comedy scene dry.
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Comedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, it's the best feeling in the world.
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I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.
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But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's in my wheelhouse because I've sort of played a lot of dramatic stuff and that's certainly a side of myself that I want at some point in the right context, in the right stuff, that I find really funny.
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Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb other people were for electing him.
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I think one of the perks of getting to do comedy is the ability to hang out with the funniest people in the world.
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He has a 5 year plan... What is it, don't die?
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Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too.
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Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.
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I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender. I'm happy to go at anything that has a cause to be laughed at.
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Comedy is like music - there are genres and styles for every taste. Katy Perry is there for people who like frothy pop music. Metallica is there for people who like head-banging metal. And Susan Boyle is there for... well, I don't who the hell is listening to that freak of nature, but that's not the point. In art, there's something for everybody.
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I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.
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I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters.
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I think it helped that 'Fleabag' had such a dramatic arc to it, even though it was disguised as a comedy.
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My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.
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A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.
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After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
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Adult Swim has cornered this really cool market, especially for comedy shows.
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At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family.
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I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
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We must understand that what Pascal said is true of every human being in the whole of space-time, ourselves included-'The last act is tragic, however pleasant all the comedy of the other acts. A little earth on our heads, and all is done with forever.'-understand it in our bones, so that we can live with it calmly if not serenely.
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Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.
