Comedy Quotes
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Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.
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Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those stakes, the comedy will bounce off that and work.
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Adversity creates comedy.
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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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Although there's an inherent light-heartedness to 'Sherlock,' I slightly err towards not doing the comedy.
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Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.
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Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view. He goes from loony to weirdly logical. With him, it’s more than clever writing; his comedy is based on clear and clever thinking.
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Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.
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The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.
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My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities.
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Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.
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I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!'
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It's important on a comedy to have a fun loving set.
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You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.
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Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.
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I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.
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Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.
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I'd love to do acting, but it'd definitely have to be comedy. I can't do serious. It's completely beyond me.
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Do you ever leave a message for somebody and the answering machine cuts you off, and you have to decide whether you should not call back, or call back and appear like a stalker? "Hi. It's me again. I forgot to tell you that I'm going to kill you. Because I'm the freak who keeps calling and calling."
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Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.
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People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.
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I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'
