Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. — Romany Malco
It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic. — John Leeson
To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,' and… — Unknown Author
Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man… — H. L. Mencken
Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing family, ... This… — Tony DiSanto
They are two very different people. It's almost a modern-day 'Odd Couple,' if I had to characterize it, with the two of them portraying pretty… — Dawn Ostroff
I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a… — Eugene Levy
I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are… — Jo Brand
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Unknown Author
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some… — Jim Dale
I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and I was saying, 'Bring back the lip synch.' ...And it… — Bill Maher
Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door. — Ana Gasteyer
When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it… — Albert Finney
Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you… — Bill Pullman
With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I… — Bill Pullman
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. — Carter Burwell
The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox… — Gus Van Sant
It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both… — James Wolcott
Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the… — Matthew Lillard
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you. — Morris Chestnut
Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack. — Timothy Olyphant
Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy. — Lisa Kudrow
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling
To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be. — Alfred Hitchcock
Katey Sagal, you are an incredible actress. You worked on ‘Married with Children,’ the show that changed comedy, ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ the show that took… — Anthony Jeselnik

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