Comedy Quote by Ciaran Hinds

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.

— Aries Spears

The best comedy is based on truth.

— Nico Santos

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

— Sid Caesar

The real heart of comedy is uncovering a truth about yourself or about the world that you didn't see.

— Ari Graynor

It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.

— Jane Lynch

Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of…

— Constance Marie

[In comedy] you never want to leave the actors hanging out to dry. So you need to come up with funny individual stories for…

— Jeff Schaffer

“Actually I think it’s the left eye that sees the truth,” he added. “It sees everything distorted and deformed. Which in fact everything is.…

— Salman Rushdie

[Comedy] is an escape from illusions. The audience is...thinking, 'This bullshit we see and hear all day makes no sense.'

— Bill Hicks

Certain directors have that eye where something is beautiful as well as funny.

— Lolly Adefope

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

— Pauly Shore

A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets…

— Elijah Wood