Comedy Quotes
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It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.
John Leeson -
I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator... You've got a documentary, I've got a voice. Animated films. Big films, small films.
Colin Farrell
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Real life doesn't exist on a network television comedy. They just don't let you travel down any road that is presumably 'dark.'
Jason Jones -
Element of surprise is really fun for me in comedy. I have to be surprised, and everything's been done.
Zach Galifianakis -
To me, comedy is a game.
Demetri Martin -
Now women in comedy is a trendy topic, and people are hungering for women's voices in a way that they haven't before.
Rachel Bloom -
Comedy comes easily to me, and so for me, comedy is suspect.
Marshall Brickman -
Generally speaking, cancer - not that funny of a thing. When you hear about it, you don't go, 'Oh, hilarious!'... But within that - comedy, tragedy, hand-in-hand.
Lennon Parham
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The highest of highs is to have a new routine that you're just breaking in and that's working, and that's - you're one step removed doing a situation comedy because you have a live audience there.
Bob Newhart -
I've been bouncing around from comedy to drama and TV and film.
Krysten Ritter -
'Something Borrowed' is looking like a romantic comedy, but it's a comedy. It shines as a comedy; it's definitely not just about the romance. It's an honest depiction of the struggle between the characters. The comedy aspect will make it shine.
Ashley Williams -
I'm sort of known in the comedy community as 'Smooth Sailing,' just 'cause everything always goes great. I've always had success at every turn.
Jon Glaser -
Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of!
Craig Robinson -
I feel that if I retire today, I've done enough. I've achieved everything in comedy... I feel I don't need anything else. It's already built.
Lisa Lampanelli
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I like grown up comedy.
Aisha Tyler -
A good comedy with a purpose behind it is exhilarating.
Jason Mantzoukas -
I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.
Elaine Stritch -
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
Penn Jillette -
There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.
Elliot Page -
Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you can work toward.
Jim Gaffigan
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I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.
Kristen Schaal -
Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.
Jasper Fforde -
I think I have always tried to connect my comedy to my art.
Louie Anderson -
"I got up early because I wanted to." - Nobody
Jim Gaffigan