In the best traditions of American comedy, from its beginnings through the crash-bang comedies of the 1990s and 2000s, Leslie Nielsen skewered… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
Low comedies are written for the drawing-room, the kitchen and the stable, and if you cut out the kitchen and the stable… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
As an actor I get opportunities to do different kind of films. It's not that if I have done a few comedies,… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Making comedies, you end up knowing people that you would swear would be the funnest people ever in the whole world. And… — Nancy Juvonen Copy Share Image
I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult,… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I don't have the body or the face for romantic comedies, so I've never been offered those. The challenge is that a… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
The dramas for me allow me to explore more behavioral, deeper psychological things. But the comedies obviously allow me to explore the… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I personally think the best ideas for TV shows - at least comedies - are very low-fi ideas. High concepts often sell… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
“Comedies are fit for common wits: But to present a kingly troop withal, Give me a stately-written tragedy; Tragadia cothurnata , fitting… — Thomas Kyd Copy Share Image
The comedies I have been in that have been successful were the ones where the set was the most tense. It seems… — Austin Pendleton Copy Share Image
There's an argument that maybe [The Grinder] was better suited for streaming or cable. I don't know. I still like to think… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done,… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when… — Kristen Wiig Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,'… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Well, I started years ago with Flashdance and we also did Coyote Ugly, so I have put my toe in the water… — Jerry Bruckheimer Copy Share Image
I was actually looking at comedies and wondered, 'Why is every comedy for a women a romantic one? I was so done!… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
I haven't seen a lot of screwball comedies, and I don't think of myself as loving the genre. To me it sounds… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
I like to smoke, and when you smoke, things become less serious and you find the funny in things. So, even movies… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one… — Khandi Alexander Copy Share Image
Think about the superstar actresses of that time where romantic comedies ruled, like Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock. They themselves had power alone… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
I've heard stories about movies that are really maybe difficult and really dramatic and good, but they are being sold as romantic… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because… — Daniel Bruhl Copy Share Image