Comedy Quote by Joel Grey

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor…

— Sally Field

Not that there weren't great shows, and not that there wasn't plenty of fine music played. It's just that the consistency and the height…

— Phil Lesh

We certainly weren't the only show that managed to be funny and engaging and relatable but never talk down to the audience. There have…

— Danielle Fishel

I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.

— Zach Woods

Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they…

— Richard Foreman

Believe me, I don't take that lightly. To have struck gold twice with 'Rent' and 'Wicked.' I know it's rare and I'm very lucky…

— Idina Menzel

I created a show called 'Crash' for Starz, which was their first original drama, and that was not a good experience. I had a…

— Glen Mazzara

The weird part is actually, there were so many exceptionally talented people there [ on "MADtv"]. But it was a disaster. I don't think…

— Simon Helberg

To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a disaster in…

— Bill Lawrence

Television became defensible - and, frankly, worshipped - because the shows started to be so carefully structured, so attentive to language, and so visually…

— Michelle Dean

'The L-Word' was such a great show because of the amazing writing and characters, but maybe because it was such a new concept, people…

— Cobie Smulders

In terms of comedy, there was a Seinfeldian era of comedy that I love but got played out. Seinfeld was great, but then after…

— Mike Birbiglia