Comedy Quotes
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Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all.
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There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.
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Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.
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I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
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I get frustrated by the fact that comics go on stage with some kind of agenda beyond comedy - I'm not sure it should be about that.
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I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically.
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People like to see certain actors do certain things, and people like to see me play that role. I also have no interest in playing a normal girl in a romantic comedy in some cutesy thing.
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I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention.
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Some fast food places, they have that ketchup pump. It's like a keg. They give you the paper shot glass. I always like to hang around there, try and meet the ladies. "Here, I'll pump for you. You come to this Wendy's often? My roommate and I, we got a pony pump back at my dorm. Here's an extra shot "
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My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then he took me to see 'Butley.' We'd see all these British plays. And 'Hello, Dolly,' with Pearl Bailey. I was unconsciously thinking, 'Gee, I would love to be able to do that.'
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One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.
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In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.
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I did work at a mall in college - I think retail/customer service is just one of the most hideous jobs in the world. So I always try to be extra nice when I go into a store. But malls are part of our culture, if you watched any teen comedy in the '80s. it's clear that malls are where we live!
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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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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.
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What they call 'alt-comedy' now is basically what comedy was like in the '80s. People tried different things, and everybody went to the clubs; there was no other place. Then somehow, the clubs became infiltrated by Dice Clay and Carrot Top types.
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People ask me if I have comedy writers, and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'
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I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.
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It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.
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I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.
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The straight man has to know to relate to the comic. When I think of the great comedy teams, I think of Martin & Lewis, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello.
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I don't do comedy. I think if a situation is funny you just play it for real and if it's funny, it's funny.
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I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.
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Comedy can always be taken the wrong way. If I do a bit that is meant to diffuse racism or sexism, I'm not going to avoid it on the chance that a small portion of the audience might take it the wrong way.
