Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else. — Aaron Allston
I mean, so what if it's a little dangerous? A one-armed kid is comedy gold. — Zach Braff
To state the obvious, romantic comedies have to be funny and they have to be romantic. But one of the most important things, for me… — Nora Ephron
I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put… — Norman Wisdom
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard… — Unknown Author
One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety in numbers; one… — Peter George Peterson
I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're… — Tim Conway
This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance. — Khandi Alexander
Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and… — Mario Lopez
Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely… — Jenna Elfman
I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy. — Davy Jones
There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies. — David Simon
People like the comedy more when they care about the characters. — Judd Apatow
I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I… — Anton Chekhov
I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about. — Matt Lucas
My theory is, if you can do comedy and you can be in a scene with someone like Brad Garrett and hold your own, you've… — Faith Ford
Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play. — Robert Breault
New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard. There is so much history in New York… — Adam Savage
Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce; that it is not genteel comedy even; that… — Unknown Author
In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid… — Matt LeBlanc
First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy. — Milos Forman
I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating… — Sean William Scott
I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly… — Michael Emerson
Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time. — Artie Lange
The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language. — Dominic Chianese

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