Comedy Quotes

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Life is a mixing of all kind of things: comedy and tragedy going together. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have. — Eric Idle
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period… — Gore Verbinski
Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself. — Al Franken
Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I… — Debby Ryan
I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun. — Mark Gatiss
I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I… — David Lindsay-Abaire
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. — Carrie Brownstein
I really like just super dry comedy. — Zach Braff
I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get… — Dylan Moran
I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof is raised yeah,… — Dylan Moran
When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when… — Dylan Moran
I love Stewart Lee's 'Comedy Vehicle' on BBC2. The guy is a genius. — Jez Butterworth
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy. — Bo Burnham
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college. — Bo Burnham
For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any… — Bo Burnham
I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It's like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from… — Bo Burnham
At the time of 'Words, Words, Words,' I'm a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he's entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks… — Bo Burnham
I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments. — Bo Burnham
At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an… — Bo Burnham

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