About Quote by Lee Hall

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some…

— Ronnie Corbett

Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there's usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do…

— Colm Meaney

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way…

— Christopher Walken

I find that I'm extremely unattracted to anything that's humorless. There is writing that is entirely serious, and it doesn't ring true to me,…

— Owen King

There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping.…

— Limmy

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in…

— David Lynch

Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human. Even in the depths of dreadful situations,…

— Colm Meaney

I find it very difficult to be funny, it's much easier to do tragedy than it is to do comedy.

— Eric Drooker

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the…

— Twyla Tharp

That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history.…

— Lynne Tillman

You see a lot of comedic content that's not funny, and you can tell that it's supposed to be funny, but it's actually not…

— Jonathan Krisel