Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes. — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close… — David Dobkin Copy Share Image
comedy ... is much harder to do than drama. It's not true that laugh and the world laughs with you. It's very… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
Comedy is very tough to do, it never gets the awards but it's the toughest task. — Jitendra Kumar Copy Share Image
I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. It did not need to exist. — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
A TV series is not something you can test out in front of a room full of Australian tourists at 2 A.M.… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I can't think of another place other than TV where a five-person sketch comedy group could make a living. — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
People want to relate to that. That's a healthy place to be. Even movies do this: War movies or light-hearted comedies, they… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a comedian. But, growing up, I simply loved watching comedy. The '80s was huge for comedy in… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out. — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
When Scott and I started, every time we performed we wrote a whole new bit. We didn't know this wasn't the way… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
Comedy is a terrible way to meet women. It's certainly a way to start talking to them, but they always have preconceptions… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
When I approach a character, I don't take it as comedy because I don't know how to do it. — Sunil Grover Copy Share Image
Maybe I'll just become a cartoon character because there's nothing left for me to do in an R-rated comedy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It really was a unique experience to me to have a television show, Comedy Bang! Bang!, that I really cared about so… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy. — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
My ex-girlfriend had a really weird fetish. She used to like to dress up as herself and then act like a f*ckin'… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Comedy can be silly and gross and offensive, as long as there's sort of a point. You can make a joke that,… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about comedy - I think it works best when it's contextualized, as opposed to kind of an… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be labeled as straight or labeled as gay. I just want people to look at me and see me… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that comedic acting is a lot harder than dramatic acting, but for me it just feels natural.… — Jillian Rose Reed Copy Share Image
We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could… — Bobby Farrelly Copy Share Image
It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every… — Tommy Davidson Copy Share Image
“It's time to shop high heels if your fiance kisses you on the forehead.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy. — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
Don't take yourself too seriously. It just makes life all the harder. It'll all come out in the wash anyway, because God's… — Luci Swindoll Copy Share Image
To be honest, I never, ever thought I'd ever do comedy. I was so frequently cast early on as a high-born young… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
“The truth is 'what is.' If 'what is' is, you have to sleep eight, ten hours a day, that is the truth.… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
Not only comedy films, I have also done films based on serious issues with Raja Chanda earlier. — Soham Chakraborty Copy Share Image