Comedy Quotes

2637 Comedy quotes by 1344 unique authors

We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that… — Abbi Jacobson
We call ourselves comedy writer-performers, and that encompasses everything, and I certainly have a very open mind about it. — Robert Webb
I was trying to be a clinical psychologist for years. But I kept getting stuck in comedy. — Amy Hoggart
I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as… — Jill McCorkle
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley. — Kevin Spacey
I do comedy for real people. — Tracy Morgan
No one set that I ever do is the same. I mean, if I go to a comedy club, and I perform three sets, all… — Tracy Morgan
When Richard Pryor did comedy, it was like he was having a conversation. — Tracy Morgan
Comedy should be easy, not laboured. — Tracy Morgan
Misery is the stuff of comedy, if one can just live long enough to get over it. — Charles Platt
The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from… — Paul Di Filippo
Quite often, intent on conveying how things can go wrong for a culture (science fiction) or an individual (horror) or all of magical creation (fantasy),… — Paul Di Filippo
Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor. — Tcheky Karyo
My favorite genre of movies growing up was the romantic comedy. — Unknown Author
I wanted to be a vet before I got into comedy, but then once I found out how much gore goes into that job, I… — Brian Posehn
I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. — Selenis Leyva
I was imagining films in my head and trying to gather friends together to make movies since I was a kid. I tried to do… — Cary Fukunaga
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. — Charlie Chaplin
Friends applaud, the comedy is over. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy. — Walter Kerr
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won! — Cheech Marin
We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese. — Matt Stone
People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can… — Kenneth Williams
There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever… — George Pierce Baker
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl. — Dick Van Dyke

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