Cinema Quote by Justin Simien

What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and comedy are…

— Justin Simien

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

— John Hodgman

I think comedy and satire are the strongest ways to deal with very serious themes and very painful themes.

— Colman Domingo

I think that you take the path of least resistance. And for a lot of people comedy is that path. I mean, even against…

— Kevin Grevioux

We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes, there was…

— Stan Laurel

If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter…

— Tom Stoppard

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

— Jason Reitman

As somebody who works in comedy, I gravitate to the very serious, dramatic things in my consumption of media.

— Lauren Ash

Of course, all my films are high on comedy, but I ensure there's something for the audience to take back home.

— M. S. Narayana

If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light…

— Robert Downey, Jr

I enjoy doing comic roles that blend with the story. I am looking for cinema that is sensible and is entertaining and engaging, be…

— Biju Menon

I believe comedy is the toughest genre to bring alive onscreen, but it's something that I really enjoy doing as an actor.

— Riya Sen