Comedy Quotes
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The majority of romantic comedy movies have nothing to do with love, but everything to do with infatuation.
Matt Smith Poison -
I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.
Christopher Guest
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I'm keeping my day job, because Poptropica is something that really energizes me. I'd love to create a TV series or write a film that's not in the 'Wimpy' universe, but I know it will be difficult to create something from scratch. But I love creating good comedy for kids, so I hope to have another successful venture in the future!
Jeff Kinney -
I wrote comedy sketches in college.
Ellie Kemper -
Comedy is my first love; that's my main goal in life - to keep doing comedy.
Lauren Lapkus -
I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that.
Paula Pell -
You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.
Brion James -
Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.
Arthur Smith
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If you look at shows like 'Def Comedy Jam' in its heyday, there were so many really funny, talented black comics that never would have gotten on that show because they just weren't doing comedy that fit that mold.
Aisha Tyler -
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. He has ability to match pathos and comedy and drama and then turn it all on a dime. If you're going to make a series based on dialogue, you can't find much better than Woody Allen.
Jason Reitman -
I'd love to do comedy.
Lauren German -
Comedy is a group activity, a verbal orgy.
Chris Rock -
I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous.
Leslie Nielsen -
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as soon as they can speak or be naughty.
Eric Idle
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We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy.
Jill Bennett -
People talk, 'Oh your father's a misogynist, look what he said about women,' like, on 'Howard Stern.' When he gets with Howard Stern, who's a friend of his, he'll joke around, because it's a comedy show. He's allowed to have a personality.
Donald Trump, Jr. -
The thing with physical comedy is that you have to actually try to do the thing you're trying to do - you can't fake it.
Jessica St. Clair -
I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
Dick Van Dyke -
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a ton of heroes that you can look to.
Jordan Peele -
1600 Penn is an ensemble comedy about a family. It just happens to utilize the fact that my character is now being forced into this world as a jumping off point. But, in no way is it the crux of the series. It's simply an introduction to the world.
Josh Gad
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Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
Bob Newhart -
I've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.
Coby Bell -
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.
W. H. Auden -
We have a romantic comedy, a road picture and a period piece that I've developed over the years, ... Now we're just putting them out there for consideration (by investors).
Wesley Earl Craven