Audience Quote by Kelsey Grammer

Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.

— Pierce Brosnan

The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on…

— Mel Brooks

If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't accept the message of a film. It closes…

— Theodore Melfi

Comedy is quite difficult, you have to be able to have fun and portray that sense of fun to the audience watching you.

— Maureen O'Hara

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a critic's way…

— David Baddiel

The major caveat in all of comedy is that it's all instinctive. There's no true criteria. There is no right or wrong. Ultimately, often…

— Larry Charles

Ask any physical comedian and they'll say the same thing. There are so many dark moments in comedy.

— Lee Evans

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

— Zosia Mamet

When you go out there to do comedy, you feel like you're doing battle with the audience a lot of the time. You're either…

— Rob Riggle

The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible.…

— Paul Feig

In comedy you have to be prepared and be specific and have a vision so your comedy feels organic and relatable and it's a…

— Sal Vulcano

When you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits…

— John Cleese