Bases Quote by Christoph Waltz Download Open image “One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.” — Christoph Waltz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bases Comedy Contradict Contradict Straight Decent Decent Comedy Doe Humor Straight Straight Faced
You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
It is hard to keep a straight face during comedy scenes. It's considered really bad form to laugh at someone else because you can… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous. — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I know I can never work in a comedy because I can't keep a goddamn straight face. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
A lot of comedies, I think, make the wrong choice of having the straight man being this bland emotional conduit for the audience. — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious. — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
For me, personally, there is one really interesting thing. You're all a bit too young for that, but when you get to a certain… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I don't say things straight into the other person's face. I kind of like to make a joke or a remark and make it… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I wouldn't really, realistically speaking, know the difference between wearing an S.S. uniform and a U.S. Marine uniform. To me it's all a uniform. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
The bohemian artist who exists only for his art, it's a myth. OK, it might have been true for Giacometti, but it certainly wasn't… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
“You can be an anonymous observer all your life, but then you never get the platform to transform those observations into art, or whatever… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
According to the best research, less than 3% of Americans have written goals, and less than 1% review and rewrite their goals on a daily basis. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him.… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
I'm in a business where there's complete anarchy. You can't control it - you can only react to it. The control that people traditionally… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
There are dangers in consensus: it could be an attempt to satisfy people holding no particular views about anything. ... No great party can… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
