Comedy Quotes
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I think there's a responsibility more as an artist to try and push in the direction you think comedy should go... The biggest thing I could do for the art that I love was keeping it art: keeping it special, keeping it honest, keeping it truthful.
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The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.
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I grew up a geek. I added comedy to it midway through high school.
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I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
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I think I'm interested in these kinds of character dramas, psychological dramas, domestic dramas, whatever you want to call them - comedy dramas.
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Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of a Rutherford B. Hayes or John Kerry.
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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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I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.
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I always had a tremendous amount of rage about the business, and I thought turning that into comedy was healthy.
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I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.
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I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
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Fortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific comedy writers and are able to put these classic characters in new and interesting, and quite funny situations for today.
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Before seeing Truffaut's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid - I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity - a poetic comedy that's really funny.
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Comedy and drama are both challenging to 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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I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.
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None of my comedy depended on looks. I never did tons of fat jokes.
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I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in a club doing standup comedy. I went down to his club and he was great. Another friend of mine, who was pretty much a thief by trade, was hosting the show. So I thought, 'If these guys can do it, then so can I.'
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I'm not trying to be an action star, and I'm not trying to be a romantic-comedy guy.
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I like comedy, I love it very much, I love laughing.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
