Comedies Quotes · Page 7

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

— June Whitfield

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as…

— Sean Penn

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

— Drew Barrymore

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

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

— Terence Winter

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

— Rose Matafeo

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

My sister Mathilde is an actress, but more like a French Jennifer Aniston. She's famous just in France. She's very commercial and…

— Emmanuelle Seigner

The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were…

— Judd Apatow

Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political…

— Isla Fisher

In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet…

— Paul Whitehouse

Today's generation likes stand-up comedies in which the performers give their take on a number of subjects. Some of them are a…

— Ashok Saraf

Sometimes just being an immigrant, I read things the wrong way, and that can be funny. Or I'll put the emphasis on…

— John Cho

When you're spending your money for a nice outing, you want to go have a good time. And I always thought comedies,…

— Ice Cube

What's funny is that with my comedies I don't believe they're my best screenplays necessarily. They're just the ones that I wrote…

— Julie Delpy

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

“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

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

— Jerusha Hess

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

— Richard Herring

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

— Joe Manganiello

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

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

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

— Rashida Jones

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 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

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

— Hal Roach

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

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

— Robin Tunney

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

— Little Simz

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

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

— Stanley Cavell

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

Ever since the first 'American Pie,' I've always been happy to just have an opportunity, I just didn't think it was going…

— Sean William Scott

I don't endorse sex comedies. Even in TV shows, there are many double meaning dialogues and I am not really comfortable doing…

— Kiku Sharda

“You try not to consider what it means that you are watching romantic comedies for occupational advice.”

— Gabrielle Zevin