“Extinguish even the wee annoyance, as it will grow to become evil!” — Michael Bussa Copy Share Image
What I love about the Coen brothers - what everyone loves - is that they sort of toe the line of a… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
“In Chestnut Hill money didn't talk, but it drank, and played a lot of golf.” — Alistair McHarg Copy Share Image
Whenever you're making a dark comedy, you're always looking for the yin and yang in an actor. — Jamie Babbit Copy Share Image
Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of serious music lives in generalizations - 'Love is a flower,' 'The sky is so dark' -… — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
Compared to the other work I've done on TV, 'Breaking Bad' was funny. In the beginning, I described it as a dark… — Betsy Brandt Copy Share Image
'The Whole Nine Yards' I liked right away. It was kind of a dark comedy at first. And just the idea of… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I like very dry humor. I don't like things that are over the top. I like subtlety. I like things that are… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
I like very dry humor. I dont like things that are over the top. I like subtlety. I like things that are… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a… — Kit Williamson Copy Share Image
I gravitate towards dark comedy, because I'm a huge fan of dark comedy. I always think the most painful thing that you… — Jamie Babbit Copy Share Image
I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
We shot 'CBGB' in Savannah, and then I took another project there afterwards called 'Killing Winston Jones.' It's a dark comedy with… — Joel David Moore Copy Share Image
People hit the sauce in a big way all winter. Amidst blizzards they wrestle unsuccessfully with the dark comedy of their lives,… — Amy Gerstler Copy Share Image
“This is a classic ploy familiar to revolutionary leaders throughout history: the failure of the revolution proves the need to radicalize it.… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
“...loading your brain with subliminal messages… How loathsome to turn a sadistic murder into entertainment [in the newspaper] -- and yet how… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
My favorite dark comedy, which is also one of my favorite films of all time, is 'After Hours.' I've seen 'After Hours'… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
'Sons of the Prophet' is a dark comedy about human suffering. The play explores the particularly messy portions of life - the… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
There have been 15 or 16 screenplays over the years, including one by me, but none of them has gotten made because… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
“They'll have to try like hell to catch me this time. They will try like hell. And even if they don't find… — Kevin Williamson Copy Share Image
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples.… — Daniel J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong?” Billy’s question had me looking up. My second-oldest brother was already dressed for work in his suit and tie. “And shouldn’t you be fishing with Hank?”… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
'The Dice Man' is an anti-establishment cult novel, and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material. — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
I've never done an actual Western, and I would love to do that. I've done drama and dark comedy stuff. I've never… — Max Thieriot Copy Share Image
One of the first times I wrote about Robin Williams for 'The New York Times,' I interviewed him for a feature about… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
“God help us, God help all of us, each one, every one, all of us'. Patrick Hamilton at the concusion of 'The… — Patrick Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'd like to play a mixture of Lucille Ball meets Murphy Brown meets Glenn Close on 'Damages,' to keep a little bit… — Joelle Carter Copy Share Image
I actually imagined 'Thunderbolts' as a straight-up comedy book in a lot of ways, like a very dark comedy book, whereas 'Red… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I recently finished a job, an HBO movie 'Getting On,' a very dark comedy. It comes from a British series of the… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
I would love to do a comedy, but comedy probably in the sense of a dark comedy like 'Californication,' that sort of… — Jason Wiles Copy Share Image
Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,'… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
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