Comedy Quotes
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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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I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
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People ask me if I have comedy writers, and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'
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It's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy: the great comedy that comes from great pain.
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When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn't know what the word 'improvisation' meant.
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The purpose of the whole the Comedy and of this portion the Paradiso is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.
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I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys.
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I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.
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Life ain't a drama. And life isn't just a comedy. Life is sometimes horrifying. Life is science-fiction. There are all elements and faculties that we navigate, so I just expect a script to reflect that. As long as it's truthful. I think genre-bending is just being honest.
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We always have a little comedy. It's the Marvel secret sauce. I think it's what helps Marvel resonate with the audience, that, yes, we're in the joke, too.
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Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!
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It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.
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Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy.
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I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to do a drama now.' I get a lot of material sent to me, and if I feel like something has the creative integrity and the right director and the right whoever involved, the right actors and is a great story, then I do it.
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People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.
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The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.
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My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.
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The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.
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With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite.
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I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.
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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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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.
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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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This is why improvisational music and comedy is so inspiring: You are seeing something being born, and that energy, there is no substitute for. These songs, most of them, are about a minute old when you hear them.
