I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
Even the most powerful people at a given point in terms of class, will all play by the same rules. — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
My role is to support it, protect it to the extent that I can, and encourage it. I have a regular job in New… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored. — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
Tearing up a picture of the Pope comes under the heading of a Comedy Killer. It kind of breaks the spirit of the evening. — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
If a culture doesn't allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell you are actually happening,… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
Some people, their whole lives, are just injustice collectors. They’re going to find new injustices every day. That’s what they do, and that’s what… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.” — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
Look, she really screwed up and it had a profound effect on her career. To me, it seemed it wasn't fair for someone that… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
