Comedy Quotes

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Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot. — Buster Keaton
Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it. — Sam Kinison
There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. — T. J. Miller
Comedy is a serious business. A serious business with only one purpose--to make people laugh. — W.C. Fields
According to the rules of comedy, your suffering will be funny after an undetermined length of time. Maybe not while you're having your gangrenous leg… — Chuck Lorre
The human comedy does not attract me enough. I am not entirely of this world. I am from elsewhere, and it is worth finding this… — Eugene Ionesco
Comedy is truth. We should not apologize for it. — Joan Rivers
You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with… — Robin Williams
I've never heard of a comedy that hasn't had reshoots, especially for the ending of a movie in a comedy. — Bradley Cooper
I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here… — Michael Shannon
I did sketch comedy for years. Ive always enjoyed it. — Jamie Farr
Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama. — Steve Guttenberg
I'm lucky. I've worked with extremely talented women who won't sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better. — Heather Burns
Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant. — Kevin Kline
Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men. — Maya Rudolph
My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen. — Saoirse Ronan
People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy. — Sigourney Weaver
Comedy writers have the most fragile egos. — Mindy Kaling
My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. — Vincent Cassel
Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see… — Matt LeBlanc
But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television. — Matt LeBlanc
I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't… — Matt LeBlanc
My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then he took me… — Nathan Lane
Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening. — Steve Martin
I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

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