Comedy Quotes

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The more trouble you get a man into, the more comedy you get out of him. — Harold Lloyd
Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles. — Suzy Kassem
Transparent is a drama/comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories. It's that good. — David Bianculli
Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave… — Chris Wedge
We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could reintroduce them to… — Bobby Farrelly
I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what… — Keenen Ivory Wayans
As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with… — Tim Conway
Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play… — Burt Ward
I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not… — Max Weinberg
I like to see love stories: romantic comedy or romantic drama. — Pia Zadora
But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and… — Mark Rylance
You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because… — Naomi Watts
Above all, in comedy, and again and again since classical times, passages can be found in which the level of representation is interrupted by references… — Paul Watzlawick
Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have… — Ben Stiller
Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in… — Douglas Sirk
Ever since the first 'American Pie,' I've always been happy to just have an opportunity, I just didn't think it was going to be with… — Sean William Scott
Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think… — Jay Roach
I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy. — Ivan Reitman
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation… — Sally Field
When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor. — Terry Southern
Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a… — Bob Saget
People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little… — Mindy Kaling
It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're… — Trey Parker
There's something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction. You know, Jane… — Christine Vachon
Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I suppose… — Michael Frayn

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