Best 2389 quotes in «comedy quotes» category

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I’ll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2

I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love Childrens Hospital. That really pushes the envelope of comedy.

I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians ... just like some people are born dentists.

I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose. I am the klutziest person on the planet. It's easy for me.

I always loved comedy, but it never seemed like something that I could do professionally.

I always think of comedy as being spontaneous, and yet everything about filmmaking is not spontaneous.

I always try to stick to the script because I want to respect the writers, and I want to respect the director. But if the director and my fellow actors are okay with me playing with it a little bit, then I definitely want to play with it. I definitely want to do that, because I tend to... when I put things in my own words, it comes out way better. It flows naturally, it just feels better. I can put some weight into the words. Even in comedy, it just comes better.

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically.

I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.

I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me.

I am desperate to do a comedy now.

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.

I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'

I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator.

I become quite inhibited particularly when I do comedy, I won't - there's a whole thing of allowing an audience in and if you - if you cover yourself with a mask of, kind of, severity, which I'm quite good at doing, that's masking fear of course, then people feel shut out.

I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.

I believe that everyone should be treated as an individual. Women should be treated equally in the right to vote, sure. But if Im paying to see a comedy, then I just want to see whos funniest, with everyone treated equally.

I better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.

I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

I came to the conclusion that in comedy, everybody gets what they need, whereas in horror, everybody gets what they deserve. I decided that at the end of the day, I was going to give everybody what they needed.

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

I can juggle. I started juggling as a kid. And when I worked at Disneyland, I knew a juggler there named Christopher Faire, and he taught me how to juggle. I used it in my comedy act for a while.

I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely makes me laugh.

I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come out of the audience and tell me the worst joke ever. It's just a guarantee.

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.

I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.

I cant imagine getting bored with comedy or thinking comedy is beneath us suddenly.

I can whistle with my fingers, especially if I have a whistle.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her.

I could keep trying to do the same kind of comedies. You know how it's going to go, and you can get an audience with it, but then I feel like a hamster on a wheel.

I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head.

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it.

I decided to do a comedy. It's a good mind-set to go into work and be happy every day instead of being in a dark place.

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.