Comedy Quotes

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It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it. — Elvis Costello
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. — Bjork
In comedy laughter settles all arguments. — Robert McKee
Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred. — Warren Mitchell
I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and… — Ben Kingsley
Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality. — Chris Bliss
Comedy is what i do best. — Robert A. Kotick
Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted Spider-Man, must be… — Peter Leithart
The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it's a bad thing, but [(500) Days of Summer] Marc Webb… — Manohla Dargis
I have such a girl-crush on Reese Witherspoon. I would love to do a comedy with her. — Jenna Dewan
For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. — Romany Malco
It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic. — John Leeson
To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,' and… — Unknown Author
Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man… — H. L. Mencken
Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing family, ... This… — Tony DiSanto
They are two very different people. It's almost a modern-day 'Odd Couple,' if I had to characterize it, with the two of them portraying pretty… — Dawn Ostroff
I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a… — Eugene Levy
I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are… — Jo Brand
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Unknown Author
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some… — Jim Dale

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