Comedy Quotes

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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama -… — Famke Janssen
Comedy is taken care of by a free market. — Penn Jillette
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice. — Penn Jillette
Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band. — Rashida Jones
I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well. — Rashida Jones
You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story. — Rashida Jones
I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained… — Rashida Jones
I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some comedy in it. — Tommy Lee Jones
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. — Mindy Kaling
I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male… — Mindy Kaling
Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is… — Mindy Kaling
I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,'… — Mindy Kaling
I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways.… — Mindy Kaling
I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as… — Mindy Kaling
Right now, I'm hankering for new adventures... Ninety percent of the time I'm having romantic-comedy fantasies in which I'm wearing little pencil skirts and hurrying… — Mindy Kaling
Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard… — Mindy Kaling
What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because the… — Mindy Kaling
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor
I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify. — Alan King
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch… — Alan King

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