Comedy Quotes · Page 6

It's my theory that comedy is going to die out in the year 6000.

— Ben Miller

I always wanted to act and I always wanted to work in comedy.

— Esther Povitsky

I did stand-up for a long time, and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage…

— Kevin Durand

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

— Dave Chappelle

Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails…

— Morris Chestnut

“Dat's a some joke, Hey Boss.”

— Anonymous

People respect drama. They don't respect comedy.

— Jackie Coogan

I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always…

— Cameron Diaz

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit…

— Michael Shannon

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather…

— Harold Ramis

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

— Chuck Jones

I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me…

— Mindy Kaling

It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic…

— James Wolcott

Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to…

— Vivien Leigh

With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change…

— Robert Lopez

Character artist, villain, comedian, comedy villain, hero - he has been perfect in them all. That's Mohan Babu. His dialogue delivery is…

— Brahmanandam

I almost exclusively performed at Black comedy shows and Black clubs. Black comics always just gave me the opportunity: 'Hey, you want…

— Matt Rife

I guess, in a way, I grew up mixed race: half white, half black. That question's always been on my mind: 'What…

— Reggie Watts

Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.

— Jason Statham

I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us.…

— George Henry Lewes

In Sarvamangalam,' I am fond of flowers and I want to own a nursery. My character talks only to flowers. If she…

— Shamna Kasim

Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold…

— Ernest Kurtz

I missed the whole thing [X-files series]. And I know it went for nine seasons, and I think I saw bits and…

— Rhys Darby

Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.

— Casey Wilson