Bitter Quote by Mario Monicelli

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

— Angela Carter

The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians…

— Mario Monicelli

Comedy is tragedy revisited.

— Phyllis Diller

I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.

— Robert Englund

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

— Ang Lee

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

— Bryant H. McGill

There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

— Ellen Page

A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later…

— Brian Regan

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

— W. C. Fields

Comedy is an intellectual affair, and deals chiefly with logic. Tragedy is an emotional affair, and deals chiefly with value. Horace Walpole once said…

— James Kern Feibleman

We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the Greek sense,…

— Eric Drooker

What's funny in Italy may not be funny in Spain.

— Christie Hefner