Character Quote by Elijah Wood

What's important on a comedy show, or any show, is that some stories have to go somewhere. There have to be ends to the…

— Michael Schur

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to…

— Michael Pena

I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama…

— Lucas Hedges

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root

All people go through moments that are tough, but looking at them through comedy is so fun. You can look at anything in life…

— Helene Yorke

I'm not saying that comedy has to be a certain thing - I'm not trying to define comedy, where it's like, it can only…

— Thomas Middleditch

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in…

— Eugene Levy

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

— Ari Graynor

I think the writers give us different people to work with, different situation scenarios to be in and there's always that fun balance of,…

— Hayden Panettiere

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the…

— Michael Caine

With all comedy, you try to ground it in credibility and reality.

— Matthew Gray Gubler

Comedy is drama. I think that if your characters are feeling something that is very real, then they have to respond in a way…

— Jason Robert Brown