Comedy Quotes

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Bob Saget was known, in the comedy clubs in those days, as extremely funny but with dark humor. It was always an inside joke among… — Bob Saget
Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama, — Sharon Gless
I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun… — John Krasinski
There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them. — Steve Coogan
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people… — Wayne Brady
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the… — Gene Kelly
I don't think I'd have done comedy if I was born eighty years ago I'd have been a lord. Shooting people that were on my… — Noel Fielding
I had always drawn, every day as long as I had held a pencil, and just assumed everyone else had tooâ€¦Art had saved me and… — Noel Fielding
Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops. — Christopher Guest
Fake is not a word I like to use because there's nothing fake about what I do.Â It's a show, it's a predetermined outcome; we're… — Chris Jericho
In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did… — Chow Yun-Fat
They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because it's too natural to do. — Buster Keaton
It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes… — Christine Baranski
A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it. — Jason Bateman
Certainly situation comedy is harder than people who are good at it make it look, but it's fun to do something different. — Laura San Giacomo
I've always been part of comedy. One of the things about our family was that if we were reasonably funny with each other, particularly my… — Leslie Nielsen
The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're… — Leslie Nielsen
It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a… — Mel Smith
Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven. — Clifton Collins, Jr.
I do as much comedy as I possibly can but Iâ€™m basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions, — Rufus Sewell

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