Best 2389 quotes in «comedy quotes» category

I have never understood people dividing things into dramas and comedies.

I haven't seen a lot of screwball comedies, and I don't think of myself as loving the genre. To me it sounds like, okay, you're going to be in a lot of crazy situations that are unbelievable.

I haven't seen comedy as popular as it is now since when I started, in the late 1980s boom. It feels like that again, in that it's everywhere, and it's great to see.

I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much.

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again.

I have such a girl-crush on Reese Witherspoon. I would love to do a comedy with her.

I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort of spiritual guru, but it kind of goes against that [as] I actually believe the things, so I'm always kind of caught in the middle.

I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.

I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is.

I hope I don't just do the exact same thing my whole life. I also feel like it's really hard to make comedy. It's almost impossible for comedy filmmakers and directors to stay relevant as they get older.

I invented the cordless extension cord.

I just don't get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That's where jokes happen.

I just love that part of comedy, where you see somebody's jokes develop. They try something new to see what works, and I just love that part.

I just like the joyous aspect of playing comedy.

I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.

I know I can never work in a comedy because I can't keep a goddamn straight face.

I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then you see me, you'll see where I got a lot of my stuff.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

I know a lot of girls in the comedy world who are kind of like me. I don't know where the slutty girls hang out, but it's not the comedy world as far as I know.

I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.

I know nothing about love and romance, so I prefer to stick to just comedy.

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

I like dark comedies. That's why I like the Wayans Brothers.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy in with my drama.

I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.

I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.

I like idiotic comedies.

I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine.

I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.

I like really stupid comedies.

I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon.

I left Indiana, and I ain't been back since. I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it was an idea that interested me, I would not hesitate to do it because I enjoy watching these kinds of film.

I like doing the mainstream, right-down-the-pike broad comedies as much as I like doing the kind of unorthodox different stuff.

I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult, and there is more than enough comedy and drama in that.

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous.

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

I like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I'm working on.

I like to smoke, and when you smoke, things become less serious and you find the funny in things. So, even movies that aren't funny, they end up turning into comedies to me.