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One of the coolest things was that, in 2007, I got to go to Iraq with Rob Riggle, Paul Scheer, and Horatio Sanz. We went over there to do some comedy shows with the U.S.O.

One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

One of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.

One of the wonderful things about Portlandia - and I'm not just blowing smoke, although I can blow smoke, but I'm not - is that there is an expansive feeling to each segment. It's not reductive. It doesn't seem like sketch comedy.

One reason [of Andy Griffith Show popularity] is because of the formula. It had comedy, but it also had tender moments. The other reason is because it was therapeutic. It helped people relax and unwind.

One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.

One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I've always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.

On respect for the Queen: When I lick a stamp I always do it with my eyes closed.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

On these feature films there are people on the staff who can draw 100 times better then I can, and animate better then I can, and light better then I can, write comedy better then I can. I basically am in the middle of kind of a creative typhoon and I'm just kind of talking the film up on to the screen. Minute to minute, meeting by meeting, day by day.

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not - we're sketch comedy guys.

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

Really, more than anything, The 2000 Year Old Man is a huge influence on all of our comedy, but specifically the live version of Oh, Hello.

People want other people to know that they share our sensibility even if they're not exactly sure what that sensibility is.

People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy.

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all.

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

Recognition is one of the three big elements of comedy.

People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.

People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, 'I don't have that button.'

Performing comedy, you develop a rhythm of ideas and laughs. I live for it.

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.

Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!

Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff: Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh.

President Bush has been silent on Schwarzenegger. Of course, he can't pronounce Schwarzenegger.

Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can do my show and 'The League' while also getting to do other bits, that's awesome.

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.

Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies.

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.

'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy, anything that has a good story.

Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I didn't do impressions. I was a stand-up.

Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.

Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!

Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia. This is true, they proved this one. The word dyslexia was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.

Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.

She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness to be found among us. She is the ultimate civilizer, the polisher, a sweet cook.

She kind of reminds one of Helen. There's something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.

She's been married so many times she has rice marks on her face.

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.