Comedy Quotes

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It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character. — Roger Ebert
Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because that implies equal… — Phyllis McGinley
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write… — Steven Moffat
When comedy fails, seriousness begins to leak back in. — Susan Sontag
Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton. — Lynne Truss
The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a… — William Saroyan
Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you. — Mel Brooks
Natural Born Killers' is really a misunderstood romantic comedy. — Woody Harrelson
Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. — Bob Newhart
I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy… — Amanda Bynes
Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act. — Marty Feldman
Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support. — Eddie Izzard
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing… — Carl Reiner
Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form. — Shelley Berman
I will always love to perform standup comedy. — Shelley Berman
We couldn't live without comedy. — Sean O'Casey
I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story,… — David Chase
The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate… — Mary Tyler Moore
A pleasant comedy, which paints the manners of the age, and exposes a faithful picture of nature, is a durable work, and is transmitted to… — David Hume
I don't do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy. — Aaron Eckhart
I'd like to do a romantic comedy. — Aaron Eckhart
I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. — Billy Joel
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to… — John Lahr
So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame… — Sam Kinison
Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you… — Jack Dee

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