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Comedy Quotes

Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I’m a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make people laugh, so writing comedy comes naturally to me Picture Quote #1

I have always been told that I was a funny, entertaining person and have always been told to give comedy a try Picture Quote #1

A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and more Picture Quote #1

I like to invest as a performer in the director’s vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I’m doing, whether it’s comedy or whether it’s drama, and trust that they’re going to tell me if something’s reading as funny or if it’s reading as dramatic or reading in the right tone Picture Quote #1

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that’s about it Picture Quote #1

I’d love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, ‘You’re not funny!’ And I say, ‘Well, fair enough.’ I have done comedy on stage Picture Quote #1

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As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That’s what’s funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life Picture Quote #1

To me, the musical is best when it’s a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that’s what the musical does best Picture Quote #1

I hate trying to analyze comedy in some deep way. If it gets laughs, it’s funny Picture Quote #1

I’m actually way more funny now, because I’m hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was Picture Quote #1

Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy, Picture Quote #1

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals Picture Quote #1

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I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It’s like comedy bankers’ hours Picture Quote #1

There’s a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it’s easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn’t changed that much Picture Quote #1

Bunk’ is a comedy game show where, each week, three of my favorite comedians compete in a series of bizarre and meaningless challenges all for my entertainment. Ethan T. Berlin and Eric Bryant created ‘Bunk.’ Picture Quote #1

There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules Picture Quote #1

My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy would have on people’s lives. And that changed my act. I got cleaner. I stopped talking about generic stuff like airplane peanuts and started speaking the truth about my gift Picture Quote #1

Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn’t have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn’t explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective Picture Quote #1

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As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don’t fit on a comedy stage and if you act you’ll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal Picture Quote #1

I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence Picture Quote #1

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a whole form and all his jokes are poems. So it’s different. I wanted to do it like George Carlin. Now I do it like me Picture Quote #1

Comedy isn’t really something where you get discovered. You can’t network your way to being funny or talented. It’s not hard to get seen if you’re funny. If you’re funny, talented, and work hard, you will go somewhere Picture Quote #1

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There’s just something about youth and comedy that go together. Maybe it’s that foolishness, that silliness that you can get away with when you’re younger, that you can’t get away with when you’re older Picture Quote #1

When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I’d watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it’s not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction to the joke. That’s the laugh - it’s somebody’s else’s reaction to the joke Picture Quote #1

As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did it with comedy because that’s what I’m familiar with, and I think it’s more acceptable to tell it in comedy form. But that’s how I’d like to be remembered Picture Quote #1

I think that’s important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you’re not just the girlfriend or the sister Picture Quote #1

The reason you often get in comedy is because you’re not getting laid Picture Quote #1

I worked on this Showtime series called ‘Beggars and Choosers,’ this was like 2000, and Bea Arthur guest-starred on our show. I always loved ‘The Golden Girls,’ and thought she was a supreme comedy actress, supreme actress period Picture Quote #1

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Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I’m a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make people laugh, so writing comedy comes naturally to me. (Comedy Quotes) I have always been told that I was a funny, entertaining person and have always been told to give comedy a try. (Comedy Quotes) A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and more. (Comedy Quotes) I like to invest as a performer in the director’s vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I’m doing, whether it’s comedy or whether it’s drama, and trust that they’re going to tell me if something’s reading as funny or if it’s reading as dramatic or reading in the right tone. (Comedy Quotes) The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that’s about it. (Comedy Quotes) I’d love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, ‘You’re not funny!’ And I say, ‘Well, fair enough.’ I have done comedy on stage. (Comedy Quotes) As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That’s what’s funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life. (Comedy Quotes) To me, the musical is best when it’s a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that’s what the musical does best. (Comedy Quotes) I hate trying to analyze comedy in some deep way. If it gets laughs, it’s funny. (Comedy Quotes) I’m actually way more funny now, because I’m hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was. (Comedy Quotes) Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy, (Comedy Quotes) Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals. (Comedy Quotes) I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It’s like comedy bankers’ hours. (Comedy Quotes) There’s a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it’s easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn’t changed that much. (Comedy Quotes) Bunk’ is a comedy game show where, each week, three of my favorite comedians compete in a series of bizarre and meaningless challenges all for my entertainment. Ethan T. Berlin and Eric Bryant created ‘Bunk.’ (Comedy Quotes) There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules. (Comedy Quotes) My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy would have on people’s lives. And that changed my act. I got cleaner. I stopped talking about generic stuff like airplane peanuts and started speaking the truth about my gift. (Comedy Quotes) Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn’t have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn’t explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. (Comedy Quotes) As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don’t fit on a comedy stage and if you act you’ll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal. (Comedy Quotes) I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence. (Comedy Quotes) George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy. (Comedy Quotes) 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. (Comedy Quotes) Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a whole form and all his jokes are poems. So it’s different. I wanted to do it like George Carlin. Now I do it like me. (Comedy Quotes) Comedy isn’t really something where you get discovered. You can’t network your way to being funny or talented. It’s not hard to get seen if you’re funny. If you’re funny, talented, and work hard, you will go somewhere. (Comedy Quotes) There’s just something about youth and comedy that go together. Maybe it’s that foolishness, that silliness that you can get away with when you’re younger, that you can’t get away with when you’re older. (Comedy Quotes) When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I’d watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it’s not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction to the joke. That’s the laugh - it’s somebody’s else’s reaction to the joke. (Comedy Quotes) As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did it with comedy because that’s what I’m familiar with, and I think it’s more acceptable to tell it in comedy form. But that’s how I’d like to be remembered. (Comedy Quotes) I think that’s important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you’re not just the girlfriend or the sister. (Comedy Quotes) The reason you often get in comedy is because you’re not getting laid (Comedy Quotes) I worked on this Showtime series called ‘Beggars and Choosers,’ this was like 2000, and Bea Arthur guest-starred on our show. I always loved ‘The Golden Girls,’ and thought she was a supreme comedy actress, supreme actress period. (Comedy Quotes)

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