Comedy Quotes - Page 35

It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.

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 would love to do comedy. I'm actually really animated and goofy. I talk with my hands so intensely.

I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.

Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit.

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

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.

I am desperate to do a comedy now.

The best comedy is always played straight down the middle.

Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.

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.

To me, the script is a living, breathing organism. Comedy is something that is ever-changing and ever-flowing with the vibe and the mood of the movie.

I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie.

There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake

Comedy clubs are a bit more expensive. That's the problem with some of these places. But the flipside of that is, if you do too many shows for free or $5, then people don't understand why you can't fly to Milwaukee and do a show for a $3 cover. That won't even pay for my flight.

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.

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.

Comedy covers such a wide range of different styles that I'm not really qualified to talk on all of them any more than anyone else is.

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

Comedy is the ultimate anarchist.