Comedies Quotes · Page 9

I think the best dramas are as funny as possible and the best comedies have, underneath them, real substance.

— Peter Hedges

American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.

— Joe Manganiello

I wonder if Shakespeare ever had to write a play in 10 days while suffering from jet-lag? Probably. It would explain why…

— Richard Herring

I'm not the girl that sits at home on a Saturday night plaiting her girlfriend's hair, drinking tea and watching romantic comedies.

— Ricki-Lee Coulter

I would love to be part of dark comedies. I love them! They are no-nonsense, no spoonfeeding, and the norms and cliches…

— Paresh Rawal

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

“I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular…

— Mindy Kaling

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and…

— Fran Kranz

In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is…

— Christopher Lloyd

I think I'm someone who is really prone to melancholy, and the super heavy, thick shows kind of spiral me out into…

— Sara Bareilles

That's what happens with most comedies. If you watch 10 minutes and there's no joke, then you're disappointed because you're expecting jokes.…

— Quentin Dupieux

You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be…

— Ice Cube

I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult,…

— Judd Apatow

I think of everything as comedy, but I don't think of it in terms of sitcom comedy, I think of it in…

— Jeffrey Tambor

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or…

— Dane Cook

Editing was hard for me. It was hard to be in a room by yourself and not have that collaborative spirit. Comedies…

— Jerusha Hess

I've had ideas for romantic comedies, but it would be a much more darkly comic version than what usually sells tickets.

— Terence Winter

Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency…

— Jeff Baena

I'm a fan of classic romance films as well as screwball comedies. I think love stories are just compelling narratives.

— Rose Matafeo

I love romantic comedies that are set in a world. It's not just a boy and a girl falling in love, out…

— Drew Barrymore

My dream was never necessarily comedy. I really wanted to make film or television and was interested in darker stuff over comedy,…

— Dave McCary

I've always been attracted to more intense and darker roles, but I think there is complexity and darkness in comedies as well.

— Jeremy Sisto

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

— Ari Graynor

Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we…

— Stanley Cavell

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them

— Robin Tunney

Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and…

— Richard Gere

The greatest comedies that were made by anybody were made in two reels; I don't care who it was.

— Hal Roach

The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over…

— Ryan Reynolds

Sometimes I look at music as like movies. And so I feel like you can have your comedies, and you can have…

— Little Simz

I think that's very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with [modern]issues.

— Jennifer Lopez

I wish that I wasn't such an odd mixture. I wish I was serious, but I do love high heels and romantic…

— Alice Eve

I think that romantic comedies have a special place in most people's hearts, especially the younger demographic.

— Noah Centineo

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of…

— Luke Wilson

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.

— Rashida Jones

When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was…

— Olivia Wilde

Pretty people don't keep comedies on the air. Funny people keep comedies on the air.

— Allison Jones

The original 'Caddyshack' with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray is one of the best comedies ever made.

— Jonathan Silverman

I won't ever stop working in comedy films because all the comedies that I've worked in are different from each other.

— Varun Sharma

My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies…

— Susan Stroman