Black Quote by Ice Cube

To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,'…

— Charles Shyer

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but…

— Hill Harper

Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at…

— Colin Mochrie

Comedies are very hard to do. They are difficult. Unless there's the Judd Apatow school, where they're like okay, we know that, we're going…

— Don Cheadle

You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. Im a black actor, so I cant really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta…

— Jamie Foxx

You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta…

— Jamie Foxx

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

— John Waters

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has…

— Sidney Poitier

As everyone knows, comedy is the toughest emotion to handle. Everything about it is difficult - writing, directing and acting.

— Vivek

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

— Joan Cusack

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

— Jonah Hill

Doing comedy takes much lesser toll on you as a person. The overall exertion is not as much as a serious film like 'Pink.'

— Kirti Kulhari