Comedy Quotes · Page 16

You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.

— Chris Rock

Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.

— Alice Lowe

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

— Bruce Nash

'Breaking In' is a very different office comedy and a caper comedy. Aside from 'Chuck,' there is no half-hour comedy that does…

— Adam F. Goldberg

When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked…

— Kyle MacLachlan

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

— Steven Spielberg

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic…

— Don Rickles

I do some very high energy comedy, vaudeville, music hall stuff, and people who've seen my work on camera, on TV and…

— Denis Lawson

I never had a particular brand of comedy, nor did I follow a particular style.

— Vivek

But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

— John Cusack

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the…

— Mariette Hartley

If I am comfortable, I say what I want to. But yes, while doing a comedy show, I am slightly reserved as…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

But the great thing about shows now is since we've been doing (Comedy Death Ray), they have lightened up on their booking…

— Scott Aukerman

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I am feeling like I have completed the circle. I started with serious roles, done a grey shaded role, did fatherly roles…

— Alok Nath

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

— Larry Hagman

The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are…

— Denis Leary

I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.

— Jim Gaffigan

I have always tried to play significant characters and have never done cheap comedy.

— Satish Kaushik

And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little…

— Matt LeBlanc

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of…

— Takeshi Kitano

Comedy can do so much more than make you laugh.

— Nicole Byer

I think all the funny people were bullied. When they talk about outlawing bullying, it's like, what? You want no Comedy Central?

— Chris Rock

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

— Mel Brooks

There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool,…

— Ralph Macchio