Comedy Quotes
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Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don't fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That's one unfortunate thing.
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Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.
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I tend to be everybody's best friend, and it kind of goes over into my comedy.
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I primarily have had my career in comedy, and that is something that I have never been too concerned about because I know there is really no room for vanity in comedy. Comedy comes from pain and it is a lot easier to empathize with somebody who is out of shape.
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We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively. We thought that's kind of strange, because music is full of life! We thought we could break through that barrier with theater and comedy elements.
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I love comedy, and I always wanted to go that way, but I felt so passionate about drama.
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I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.
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Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.
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When I was younger, I was nervous and didn't have a huge amount of confidence as an actor. Comedy is something - you know when you're getting it right because you can hear. And you can hear if you're not getting it right! I like to create interesting, weird characters, and they're often best in comedies.
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This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.
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We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy.
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I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'
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I think the way WWE Studios is going now - they're going away from action, doing more drama, more comedy - it will open a lot of people's eyes. Because a lot of people see big guy, big frame: action superstar. We've proven, especially with 'Legendary,' that that is not always the case.
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I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.
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I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.
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The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that.
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Originally the premise of killing Hitler was fueled by deep traumatic feelings of wishing and fantasizing that if only things had been different, we could have spared ourselves all kinds of suffering. More recently it's been turned into a comedic trope. As we go forward, tragedy plus time equals comedy...
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I played myself in an Aziz Ansari comedy, and that was funny to see how they saw me... flowing scarves and a flourish of pink! Eek!
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Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.
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Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever become president.
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I've always maintained that I don't think comedy should be reviewed. I think it's un-reviewable, because it is so subjective.
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Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting.
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I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.
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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.
