Comedy Quotes

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There was something about that form of comedy that's just difficult. It never really felt like you could just fully commit to all the colors… — Donal Logue
When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious genre is the… — Ben Stiller
Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material. — Morgan Freeman
I don't do comedy. I think if a situation is funny you just play it for real and if it's funny, it's funny. — Morgan Freeman
I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to… — Morgan Freeman
What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me… — Nathan Fillion
Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol of my childhood,… — Woody Allen
Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance? — John Updike
Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. — George Carlin
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. — Joan Rivers
A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach. — Alexander Pope
The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight... — Bill Maher
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one… — Carol Burnett
Linda Brewer's example is inspiring, colorful and potentially very funny. Her journey also exists firmly in the Heartland tradition of American success stories and comedies. — David Duchovny
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close. — Barbara Stanwyck
Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door. — Ivan Reitman
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. — Robert Moses
I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy… — Ricky Gervais
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people… — Ricky Gervais
I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces. — Ricky Gervais

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