Comedy Quotes

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I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy. — Paul Merton
I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? — Paul Merton
In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. — Paul Merton
With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand. — Tim Matheson
If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can… — Ray Romano
I love doing comedy and I love watching comedy... Im more inclined to go watch a Seth Rogen film than a serious Oscar drama. — Phoebe Tonkin
Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it… — Jeff Dunham
There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake — Todd Barry
I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a… — Todd Barry
I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like a drama. — Peter Billingsley
The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else. — Andy Dick
I do agree you can't just make movies three hours long for no apparent reason. For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's… — David Fincher
No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy underneath his rogueries.… — W.C. Fields
I love comedy; so you want to make them happy, make them laugh. — Delta Burke
I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about… — Woody Allen
Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. — Aristophanes
People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis… — Pete Sampras
You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way.… — Neil Simon
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie… — Brian De Palma
Jackass: The Movie is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how… — Matthew Barney

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