Being funny Quote by Gary D. Schmidt

A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to know that…

— Gary D. Schmidt

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

— Madeline Kahn

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

— Larry Hagman

A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later…

— Brian Regan

The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.

— Keegan-Michael Key

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

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a…

— Laura Linney

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's…

— Bryan Cranston

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

— Paula Patton

Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy could be…

— Gerald Stern

The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing.

— Chris Messina

Comedy is the result of what's happening, not what people are doing. Because if people are doing comedy. It's embarrassing. The individual elements have…

— Christoph Waltz