Comedy Quote by Harold Ramis Download Open image “Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.” — Harold Ramis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Important
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Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
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Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I have never understood people dividing things into dramas and comedies, — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
The idea behind doing comedies is that you go home a little happier. — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
A lot of things matter in comedy - the script, the lines, your timing, the co-actor's timing, how it's shot. — Jitendra Kumar Copy Share Image
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
Somebody once told me that if you laugh at a George Bush joke, or you send an email cartoon to your friends that makes… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
It doesn't take any longer to improvise 10 takes than it takes to shoot 10 takes of the same thing. It turns out to… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
As much as I liked acting for its playfulness and the reward of hearing big laughs wash over you on a stage, I always… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I've never taken a script to the stage or to principal photography and said, "This is perfect. This is as good as it can… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I realized that my righteous indignation was a form of entertainment for me. I loved getting pissed off at injustice. I didn't do anything… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I made a handshake agreement with my best friend in college, Michael Shamberg, who is now a movie producer. We used to write shows… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
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In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny. — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
Oh to that corkscrew, the useful tool to unlock the treasure of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image