Comedy Quotes

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I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy. — Graham Norton
Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it. — Chris O'Dowd
The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies. — Maureen O'Hara
People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really,… — Gary Oldman
I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty… — Gary Oldman
I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels,… — Patton Oswalt
Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy. — Al Pacino
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think,… — Gwyneth Paltrow
Jerry Bruckheimer creates comedy, he just doesn't realize because he's a turd. — Trey Parker
A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always… — Alexander Payne
It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama. — Sean Penn
I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered together - 'Taxi'… — Matthew Perry
'The Whole Nine Yards' I liked right away. It was kind of a dark comedy at first. And just the idea of being in a… — Matthew Perry
I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic… — Tyler Perry
My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself. — Emo Philips
I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny. — Michelle Pfeiffer
Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. — Emo Philips
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the… — Emo Philips
Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!' — Emo Philips
He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites. — Emo Philips

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