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title: "8 Comedy Look Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-billingsley/i-think-if-you-turn-down-the-volume-on-the-good-comedy-you-should-not/)

[Peter Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-billingsley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/peter-billingsley-19112_comedy_i-think-if-you-turn-down-the-volume-on-t_34282.png)

> [A lot of stand-up specials for cable are meant to glorify the comedian. They put you in a really beautiful theater, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/a-lot-of-stand-up-specials-for-cable-are-meant-to-glorify-the/)

[Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/louis-c-k-1150_beautiful_a-lot-of-stand-up-specials-for-cable-are_1196276.jpg)

> [In comedy you sometimes have to look at the funny bone a little bit. So, that was the hardest part - was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corbin-bernsen/in-comedy-you-sometimes-have-to-look-at-the-funny-bone-a-little-bit/)

[Corbin Bernsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corbin-bernsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/corbin-bernsen-12392_bits_in-comedy-you-sometimes-have-to-look-at_1295811.png)

> [Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelah-johnson/ellen-degeneres-is-great-she-has-this-natural-style-and-she-makes/)

[Anjelah Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelah-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/anjelah-johnson-14859_comedy_ellen-degeneres-is-great-she-has-this-na_1923062.jpg)

> [I've tried to create a comedy that doesn't look like any other comedy. Maybe traditionally in TV there has been a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-matsoukas/i-ve-tried-to-create-a-comedy-that-doesn-t-look-like-any-other-comedy/)

[Melina Matsoukas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-matsoukas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/melina-matsoukas-26314_comedy_i-ve-tried-to-create-a-comedy-that-doesn_1945841.jpg)

> [We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/we-participate-in-a-tragedy-at-a-comedy-we-only-look/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/aldous-huxley-97_comedy_we-participate-in-a-tragedy-at-a-comedy_2219432.jpg)

> [It's funny how comedy is, you look at people like French and Saunders, when they started out they were very alternative. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kay/it-s-funny-how-comedy-is-you-look-at-people-like-french-and-saunders/)

[Peter Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/peter-kay-8172_comedians_it-s-funny-how-comedy-is-you-look-at-peo_2967466.png)

> [Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/laurence-olivier-said-in-an-interview-once-that-when-he-plays-a/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/christopher-walken-1773_aim_laurence-olivier-said-in-an-interview-on_3176464.jpg)

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