The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
People complain that joking about serious subjects is 'making light' of them. Isn't that a good idea? Comedy lets the air out… — Peter Baynham Copy Share Image
I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved… — David Morse Copy Share Image
I remember 'The Cosby Show,' but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
As I get older, I do want to add a bit more depth to my comedy. But even if I'm talking about… — Lou Sanders Copy Share Image
A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out… — Johnny Knoxville Copy Share Image
Listen, here's my questions to anybody when they talk about comedy. When you are with your friends who don't judge you, what… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
For me to put a look together, if it's going to be a boy look or a girl look or whatever, is… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
In a dream world, I would love to be a master pastry chef, because it combines something I love doing baking with… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
I had just finished working on a play, and we started to talk to the 'Happy Endings' folks. There was interest from… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,'… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
I'm starting to play lots more naturalistic, realistic people than when I first started. Maybe because I was doing character comedy shows,… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking.… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor… — Melvin Helitzer Copy Share Image
Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs… — Eddie Mair Copy Share Image
Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
This sentimental comedy by the Soviet playwright Aleksei Arbuzov is said to have had a great success in its own country. So… — Richard Eder Copy Share Image
If people think I'm a heartthrob, cool; as long as you respect my comedy and like to laugh, you can think whatever… — Matt Rife Copy Share Image
I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. I don't really care about… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
Without talent, I don't care how funny the writers are or how many comedy lines they come up, without wrestlers you can't… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
I did stand-up comedy for a long time in San Francisco, and then I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I love Buster Keaton and I love physical comedy when it's done in an emotionally understated way. I just like to play… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time.… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
