--- title: "10 Comedy Come Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Comedy Come quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Comedy Come sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/zooey-deschanel-1154_comedy_i-m-not-playing-a-comedy-i-want-to-be-pl_2846762.png" --- > [I'm not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zooey-deschanel/i-m-not-playing-a-comedy-i-want-to-be-playing-the-truth-of-the-moment/) [Zooey Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zooey-deschanel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/zooey-deschanel-1154_comedy_i-m-not-playing-a-comedy-i-want-to-be-pl_2846762.png) > [If you have any sense, if you're any good at comedy, you come to Austin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cubas/if-you-have-any-sense-if-you-re-any-good-at-comedy-you-come-to-austin/) [Chris Cubas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cubas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/chris-cubas-28201_austin_if-you-have-any-sense-if-you-re-any-good_1102406.jpg) > [It's tough to do comedy. After 'Mister', my inhibitions with respect to comedy have come down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varun-tej/it-s-tough-to-do-comedy-after-mister-my-inhibitions-with-respect-to/) [Varun Tej](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varun-tej/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/varun-tej-18080_come_it-s-tough-to-do-comedy-after-mister-my_737214.jpg) > [I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-heidecker/i-think-comedy-has-to-come-from-a-real-place-it-has-to-come-from-an/) [Tim Heidecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-heidecker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/tim-heidecker-10977_comedy_i-think-comedy-has-to-come-from-a-real-p_565794.png) > [I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/i-haven-t-had-a-lot-of-comedy-come-my-way-as-a-performer/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/tommy-lee-jones-9811_come_i-haven-t-had-a-lot-of-comedy-come-my-wa_1344248.jpg) > [I was taught by a lot of great comedy writers to go for the reality in a role, and the comedy will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-kane/i-was-taught-by-a-lot-of-great-comedy-writers-to-go-for-the-reality/) [Carol Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/carol-kane-8948_comedy_i-was-taught-by-a-lot-of-great-comedy-wr_2760598.jpg) > [I vary from issue to issue and Im not party political at all. I think its important in comedy not to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-dennis/i-vary-from-issue-to-issue-and-im-not-party-political-at-all-i-think/) [Hugh Dennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-dennis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/hugh-dennis-12852_come_i-vary-from-issue-to-issue-and-im-not-pa_134901.jpg) > [Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-gelman/comedy-is-all-about-the-character-when-you-re-too-focused-on-the-gags/) [Brett Gelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-gelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/brett-gelman-8521_about_comedy-is-all-about-the-character-when-y_1518315.jpg) > [I don't have that kind of Southern experience, of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. I come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wilmore/i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-experience-of-the-fire-and/) [Larry Wilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wilmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/larry-wilmore-3223_brands_i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-exper_1148880.png) > [“As regards structure, comedy has come a long way since Shakespeare, who in his festive conclusions could pair off any old shit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/as-regards-structure-comedy-has-come-a-long-way-since-shakespeare-who/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/martin-amis-704_humor_as-regards-structure-comedy-has-come-a-l_417889.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-come/#itemlist", "name": "Comedy Come Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not playing a comedy. 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I come more from the guilt-ridden, neurotic type of [ - ] I have more in common with the Jewish brand of comedy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Larry Wilmore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wilmore/i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-experience-of-the-fire-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/larry-wilmore-3223_brands_i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-exper_1148880.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/larry-wilmore-3223_brands_i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-exper_1148880.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/larry-wilmore-3223_brands_i-don-t-have-that-kind-of-southern-exper_1148880.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't have that kind of Southern experience, of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. 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