Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy. — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, songs spill out of you very fast, and sometimes you have to wrangle them to the floor. But the same thing… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much… — Patrick Dempsey Copy Share Image
I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me...… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
“The moment vanity officially leaves your life is when you look down to discover an asslike configuration living where your front pockets… — Rachel Dratch Copy Share Image
I can only do it if there's humour, wit, comedy and drama. If you can get audiences laughing and then suddenly turn… — Nigel Cole Copy Share Image
A friend of mine was watching TV one day and he just was like, 'I bet you want to do comedy,' and… — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to… — John Donne Copy Share Image
“Allegedly, allegedly I say, the R.G.A. were extremely miffed of portrait painted of their monarch, King Tingaling XX, by Master. Portrait apparently,… — Elias Zapple Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy. — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!! — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion. — Lauren Lapkus Copy Share Image
“What do you mean? In Old Castle? I still live with my parents in case you haven’t noticed, Jack. Those two strangers… — Jonathan Dunne Copy Share Image
La La Land' is really wonderful, and not just a romantic comedy, but a musical. — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Ideally, I'd love to do a comedy just because, work-wise, it'd be a lot of fun. — Amber Stevens Copy Share Image
I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
I'm difficult to cast. In comedy, if there's a female character, usually written by a bloke, she's either the ditsy good-looking one,… — Daisy May Cooper Copy Share Image
There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
