Although Quote by Lynn Shelton

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

I don't force humor into a film, it comes naturally to me.

— Priyadarshan

The timing of comedy is so difficult. You've got to leave room for a laugh, you don't want to kill the laugh, but on…

— Helen Mirren

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

— Lars von Trier

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule…

— Ari Graynor

Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully…

— Alexander Payne

Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies where there's…

— Andy Samberg

I think mockumentaries are such well-trodden grounds for comedies. It has been done a lot, but it is because of that informal nature, it's…

— Natasia Demetriou

Even with the darkest and most distressing subjects in movies there's always going to be humour not far away, just under the surface. And…

— Mackenzie Crook

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

I think the kick to doing comedy is just to get in a film with really funny people and let them do their jobs.…

— Amy Adams

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