Comedy Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Hostile Humor Profundity Surface
Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot. — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness. — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I think critics tend to think that comedy is freakin' math. Like, this is the Pythagorean Theorem. They're not sophisticated enough to know that… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary. — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close. — Barbara Stanwyck Copy Share Image
Comedy has a way of dealing with serious issues and finding humour in it. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now I just… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image