Bedfellows Quote by Mark Haddon

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

— Zosia Mamet

I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define.

— Mike Nichols

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always…

— Tom Green

I feel like with comedy, the crazy things that happen are never serious you know? Like, rubble being poured onto you in drama would…

— Vanessa Hudgens

Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity.

— Stephen Fry

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

My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh. At least…

— Jonathan Krisel

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep…

— Will Durst

Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness … The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.

— Becky Stark

Comedy springs from the ludicrous; but the ludicrous is stuck in the muck of reality, resolutely hostile to what is impossible.

— Cynthia Ozick

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

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