Comedy Quotes

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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith. — Christopher Fry
I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did… — Neil Gaiman
There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories… — Neil Gaiman
And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit. — Jennifer Garner
Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film. — Janeane Garofalo
I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this… — Janeane Garofalo
Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human. — Richard Gere
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and… — Whoopi Goldberg
There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Our comedies are not to be laughed at. — Samuel Goldwyn
I love Valentine's Day! I love it, I love it, I love it. I like having doors opened for me. My favorite romantic comedy is… — Ginnifer Goodwin
Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not… — Ryan Gosling
I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny. — Gilbert Gottfried
Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye… — Gilbert Gottfried
I used to go to the Improvisation Comedy Club every night in Times Square. How I didn't get killed in that area either means that… — Gilbert Gottfried
The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very… — Hugh Grant
I just finished 'Butter' for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast - Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone - all-star cast and it was… — Ashley Greene
I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color. — Kathy Griffin
Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back… — Matt Groening

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