I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be…

Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at the box…

— Channing Tatum

I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film…

— James Belushi

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about…

— Ed Asner

But my problem was that I did an hour for Comedy Central and nobody seemed to care.

— Neal Brennan

I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had one of the best times ever! I had such a great time directing; I…

— Daniella Alonso

I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they…

— Matt LeBlanc

I wish people would understand that comedy is an art form, and that the same thing that makes a Picasso painting is the same…

— Godfrey

I find it pressurising coming to the Voodoo Rooms to do my hour of comedy.

— Dominic Holland

Half-hour comedy shows are like a play, one night a week.

— Luke Perry

I've done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl's father. It's a half-hour comedy. And I'll be doing some…

— Beau Bridges

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy.

— Alexis Denisof

With any half-hour comedy, it kind of takes on its own life and finds itself.

— Seth MacFarlane

'Breaking In' is a very different office comedy and a caper comedy. Aside from 'Chuck,' there is no half-hour comedy that does stuff like…

— Adam F. Goldberg

You'd think they could spit out shows better than 'Champs' and 'High Incident' with the pool of talent involved, unless they're just throwing money…

— Adrian Pasdar

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

— Olivia Wilde