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The film studios learned to our dismay but to their pleasure that if they spent $200 million making a film they could make half a billion on it. So they were not interested anymore in quality films... They can't afford to be that risky at those prices. Consequently you're getting a lot of remakes, sequels, dopey comedies full of toilet jokes...

The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny.

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.

The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They’re superficial and I like articulate comedy.

The human comedy begins with a vertical smile.

The image of a person completely covered in cotton candy made me laugh the most. I'm not sure why. To me, being tarred and feathered in sugar is just good comedy.

The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else.

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

The nude thing, I don't know. It's sillier somehow. It's more like physical comedy. But kissing someone, it feels invasive to have everybody watching me.

The major caveat in all of comedy is that it's all instinctive. There's no true criteria. There is no right or wrong. Ultimately, often I'm surprised at what an audience will or will not laugh at. I have to stay very, very open to an audiences first exposure to that material and how they react to it.

The majority of romantic comedy movies have nothing to do with love, but everything to do with infatuation.

The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.

The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that.

The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one another. And it keeps everything interesting.

The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it.

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible.

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.

The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again.

The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host a standard-fare kind of talk show.

The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.

The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad.

The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over and over again expect satisfaction somehow.

The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic towards them. They feel slightly repulsed by it.

There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the situation. Ideally, you're pulling as much comedy out of the situation as you can.

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone.

There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies.

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.