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The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.

— Ridley Scott

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the…

— Martin Short

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

— Maureen O'Hara

I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do. It gives…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Even today, people tell me that the slapstick humour in 'Friends' is the most viewed comedy track on television. Siddique knows the art of…

— Vijay

I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness.

— Sarah Silverman

The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and…

— Leslie Nielsen

We're delighted that Freddie Flintstone and his friends have made such a hit. The comedy is not the old cartoon slapstick. Most of it…

— William Hanna

“And looking like sex on a stick – if sex were Italian and the stick had an unfair amount of charisma.”

— Penny Reid

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

— Jon Favreau

[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you…

— Andy Serkis

During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.

— Jack Davenport