Bad habit Quote by Ben Kingsley

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root

Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh. Comedy has…

— Brett Gelman

You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to…

— Shawn Levy

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…

— Whit Stillman

“...element of comedy is never completely eliminated from irony. But irony is something more than comedy. A comic situation is proved to be an…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I'm doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found very little…

— Brent Spiner

Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of…

— Zach Woods

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in…

— Eugene Levy

I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in…

— Rupert Holmes

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to…

— Austin Peck

I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama…

— Lucas Hedges

“Comedy is hard. In many ways, it's like singing: If you have perfect pitch, it's much easier. But you can still go a long…

— Jennifer Crusie