Comedy Quotes - Page 37

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

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.

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

With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.

Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.

I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.

People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong.

You can only be embarrassed if you allow yourself to be embarrassed. If you embrace it and just accept that you're kind of a klutz, and you're able to make it into comedy gold.

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.

I would love to do a really cool romantic comedy, perhaps with Hugh Grant. I think he is brilliant. That's the kind of film I love to go to see. I love 'girls' films.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.

I love film. I'm a movie buff. So it really does pique my interest. For me, it all kinda bleeds together. The music, dance, the film, the cinematic effect ... and then I love comedy. And so I'd like to put it all together and then make something.

Being a family in general is a comedy of errors.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.