A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.
I don't do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.
Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre. The mix seems to work well.
I think sadness and anger are really fertile ground for comedy. No one is really interested in a happy person doing comedy.
It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me'. Being popular is poison.
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.
In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.
I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!
Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing small or big comedy part. It always has the potential to be a blast.
And you know, whether it's drama or comedy, the best work is based on truth. It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances are just crazy-heightened, and you have these crazy things thrown at you. But you still have to do it truthfully, because that's where the humor comes from. So it's not that difficult to cross over.
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.
The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.
Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words 'large' or 'size' with 'rear end'. Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.
Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles.
My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out.
I invented the cordless extension cord.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
A really good stand-up comic is a poet; it's about the use of language. It can be really poetic. And I like politically conscious comedy.
You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.
I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.
Comedy is actually very macho driven.
The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.
A lot of comedy is really DIY. You're kind of doing it yourself.
The secret to riches is the same as the secret to comedy - timing.
