Comedy Quotes

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I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and I was saying, 'Bring back the lip synch.' ...And it… — Bill Maher
Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door. — Ana Gasteyer
When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it… — Albert Finney
Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you… — Bill Pullman
With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I… — Bill Pullman
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. — Carter Burwell
The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox… — Gus Van Sant
It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both… — James Wolcott
Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the… — Matthew Lillard
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you. — Morris Chestnut
Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack. — Timothy Olyphant
Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy. — Lisa Kudrow
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling
To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be. — Alfred Hitchcock
Katey Sagal, you are an incredible actress. You worked on â€˜Married with Children,â€™ the show that changed comedy, â€˜Sons of Anarchy,â€™ the show that took… — Anthony Jeselnik
Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered. — John Landis
Comedies are something Id be very interesting in doing. — David Naughton
Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations. — Chuck Jones
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. — Chuck Jones
Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business. — Chuck Jones

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