Comedy Quote by Mike Nichols

It's just a lovely way to do comedy, where you have the freedom to try stuff, but then you also have a really strong,…

— Natasia Demetriou

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.

— Frederick Wiseman

Yeah, the main goal when I'm writing [movie scripts] is to entertain myself. It's supposed to be funny, but then a funny idea can…

— Quentin Dupieux

When you do a movie, it comes out of many different ideas that you had.

— Gaspar Noe

You're only making movies for two reasons: Because you have something to say or because you want to entertain people.

— Danis Tanovic

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may…

— Theodore Bikel

Do it [stand-up comedy] because it feels like the right thing to do. Do it because you don't want to do anything else. There…

— Russell Peters

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think…

— Gerard Butler

Making comedy is a privilege, so you should be doing something no one else can do. That's when it feels like art; it's a…

— Lolly Adefope

Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.

— Bo Burnham

Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don't work.

— Bill Hader

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go…

— Penelope Keith