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It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S.

It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially the comedian, it gives me you know different things to react to and respond to, and it stimulates me.

It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy.

It's like love making, the foreplay is the biggest part, the same thing as comedy. If you can frame your show in such a way that the funny jokes become funnier.

It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me'. Being popular is poison.

It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.

It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.

It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the joke, and she the other half. Otherwise, it would not be love, but something completely else–pity or entertainment, or stand-up comedy.

It's often pointed out that in Cuban cinema there are too many comedies, but a sense of humor is so much part of the Cuban idiosyncrasy. Curiously, the films that have been censored the most have been humorous.

It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.

It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.

It's quite frightening; the business of trying to be funny is very hairy. In comedy, the potential for humiliation is huge. Trying to be funny and failing is about the most embarrassing thing you can do.

It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.

It's starting to feel good, although I don't like feeling too good - that's not where my comedy comes from.

It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy.

It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners.

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.

It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

It's very hard to find a good comedy. I prefer doing comedy far over anything else because I think they're actually more profound. But finding a good one and a great ensemble is very difficult to do and I'm delighted that in these particular times there is so much interest in comedy and that comedy is having so much success.

It's very hard to watch comedy for me, when I'm doing a comedy show, because I either watch a show and I love it, and I'm jealous, or I watch a show and I see all the problems with it, and I'm angry that I watched it.

It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do a special in Africa. Can't beat that. Pull that off, then I will have done something.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.

I used comedy as a way to combat my dyslexia. I was barely getting by scholastically, so I used a lot of humor.

I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.

I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film I can't sit still.

I've always been very open about it. I've been very open about my addiction, about my panic disorder. But I think that transparency is what can separate you from others because I think that is where comedy is going.

I've always felt that a really good joke, a really good one-liner, is a really good line of poetry. It's imagistic, it's compact, there is a rhythm to it.

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

I've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.

I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.

I've always maintained that I don't think comedy should be reviewed. I think it's un-reviewable, because it is so subjective.

I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

I've been a huge fan of the cable network FX for a very, very long time. I think their brand of comedy is incredible. For me, as an audience member, that's a go-to channel.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things. I'm looking for something a bit tougher, more muscle mass, something small, but the thing is, I get all the best comedy scripts, I don't get all the best drama scripts. So I'll just go with what's the best script.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

I've been chased. I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment.

I've done a bit of Latin in my time...but I can control it.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.