Comedy Quotes · Page 258

I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get…

— Chris O'Dowd

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

— Adam McKay

All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy.

— Ronnie Corbett

Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking…

— Bob Saget

I still want to do a comedy series.

— Joan Van Ark

When you're in comedy, people always come up and say, 'Oh, it must be so hard.' It really isn't hard unless you're…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

— Christopher Fry

When I first started comedy, me and my friends were kids.

— Moshe Kasher

I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if it's just one person. Because the comedy community is kind…

— Lizzy Caplan

I could do comedy, action, or even science fiction.

— KiKi Layne

I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it…

— Richard Armitage

Directors were apprehensive in trying comedy with me.

— Kunal Khemu

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

— Moliere

If you think women aren't able to cope on TV comedy panel shows, then have I got news for you: you're wrong.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

I think somewhere along the line probably Tony Hancock did an interview and claimed that he was terribly depressed, and that he…

— Vic Reeves

If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there -…

— Roger McGough

It's just a lovely way to do comedy, where you have the freedom to try stuff, but then you also have a…

— Natasia Demetriou

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

— Natasha Richardson

“The truth is what we say it is...prove to me this desk is not a cow!”

— Ray S. Jones

That place is so behind the times, you can't even get AIDS there yet.

— Doug Stanhope

“JACK You're quite perfect, Miss Fairfax. GWENDOLEN Oh! I hope I am not that. It would leave no room for developments, and…

— Oscar Wilde

I have always wanted to do comedy.

— Anonymous

Maybe people don't think moms are cool. I don't know what to say about it. I don't know. Romantic comedies aren't for…

— Anne Fletcher

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

— Anonymous

Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with…

— Gabriel Iglesias