Best 2389 quotes in «comedy quotes» category

I think of myself as a writer with a sense of humour rather than a comedy writer. Happy to tell a story with lots of jokes in it - I wouldn't know how to do jokes without the story.

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

I think parenthood is just ripe for comedy. This just happens to be told from the perspective of women.

I think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from.

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

I think sadness and anger are really fertile ground for comedy. No one is really interested in a happy person doing comedy.

I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism.

I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's not about being funny, it's about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.

I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

I think the possibility of continuing on a comedy is greater than a drama.

I think there's a difference between making comedy and reporting comedy. When you're a joke teller you can easily fall into the second, you can show up and just say the jokes.

I think the things that I enjoy most about directing theater, or works that are really visceral in terms of comedy and have a sort of rock and roll aesthetic.

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.

I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions.

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing or something.

I think when you dissect a joke too much, you have ruined whatever there is in comedy.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

I think with romantic comedies it's a lot about tone, because different romantic comedies have different tones.

I thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it.

I thought I'd be living a much more bohemian life and be very poor. I never thought I'd do comedy or be married living in the suburbs. Every time I try to plan my life out it just doesn't come to pass, and I think that's a great experience.

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely

I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one.

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.

It really was a unique experience to me to have a television show, Comedy Bang! Bang!, that I really cared about so much, and to know that it was the end, and know that that was the ending of it. We had a wrap party, and we thanked everybody. You don't get that a lot, especially in comedy.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

It's always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway.

It's a no-win situation with politics, it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.

Its consistency of what comedy can do and what comedy can be.Growing up with that show [The Simpsons] shaped my worldview.

It's definitely easier for a woman to do a romantic comedy than a war movie. It's assumed a woman doesn't have a sense of what action is.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.

It's easier to do comedy with an audience, because their reactions tell you whether or not what your saying qualifies as comedy.

It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect.

It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy.