Comedy Quotes - Page 50

Comedy is like fictional charm. It's the charm of fiction. Or the charisma of fiction. When you meet somebody who's immediately charismatic, you're attracted to that person. And in fiction it's got to come out in either one of two ways: in the prose itself, and you're hooked immediately because you never want to leave such a colorful and penetrating world. Or, it's simply being a funny writer.

Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills.

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

A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from The Simpsons. To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.

It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.

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

A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.

Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death.

People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.

Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me.

If I'm committed to something really stupid, then I'm in a comedy.

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

I used comedy as a way to combat my dyslexia. I was barely getting by scholastically, so I used a lot of humor.

But it's hard for a chick to do comedy. It's not as open for them.