Farce Quote by John Ratzenberger Download Open image “A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.” — John Ratzenberger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Farce Humor
Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too. — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
A hilarious academic novel that'll send you laughing (albeit ruefully) back into the trenches of the classroom. . . . [A] mordant minor masterpiece.… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen. — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
“The classic definition of slapstick runs along the line of, "Funny is someone else ramming his face repeatedly into a brick wall.” — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I think the way comedy is represented on screen is it's either all fart jokes - and it's just laughter for the sake of… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
It was when Boston invited us to do a parade one November, and I was the only [Star Wars] cast member skeptical of the… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
Maybe, I got a sense when [Star Wars] came out, and there were always these lines around the block. We didn't understand the popularity… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you weren't getting… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I was a carpenter in Northern Vermont and got this tax refund check that just about covered a one-way airfare to London. So this… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone. — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
As so often, a political event involving Donald Trump looks like swinging wildly between melodrama and farce. The Republican National Convention in Cleveland has… — Mark Colvin Copy Share Image
One of the great problems of philosophy, is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is;… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or hero. Thus… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that the Iraqis are not telling us anything we don't already know or can't prove. This is what makes this whole… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features: the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
The biggest farce of man's history has been the argument that wars are fought to save civilization. — Charles E. McKenzie Copy Share Image
The EU report speaks for itself. The statement in my view shows that the mission has turned out to be something worse than a… — Meles Zenawi Copy Share Image
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