Comedy Quote by Michael Hirst Download Open image “I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is.” — Michael Hirst ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Form Hardest Humor Thinking Writing
Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it. — Valerie Faris Copy Share Image
In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully. — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A little bit of Hemingway goes a long way here,… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60 or 70… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
You have to create characters - certainly in series TV - who people engage with. They don't have to be nice; you don't have… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then. — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said.… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
The Vikings certainly didn't write anything about themselves; it was not a literate, but rather a pagan, culture. So what we get was written… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market. — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this actually happened,… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write it all.… — Michael Hirst 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
