Humor Quote by Neil Patrick Harris

Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed.

— Billy Bob Thornton

You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke.…

— Fede Alvarez

Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying…

— Luke Wilson

A lot of things matter in comedy - the script, the lines, your timing, the co-actor's timing, how it's shot.

— Jitendra Kumar

What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on…

— David Morse

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's…

— Kathy Baker

People have said to me for a long time, "Man you're funny." I say, "Well, I'm quick," but being funny on purpose, take after…

— Denzel Washington

With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laugh, then you know you're not being funny.…

— Brooke Nevin

It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done…

— Robert Orben

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. When you…

— Jonah Hill

You have more of a responsibility to make the audience laugh. In comedy, we do have to say, "All right, it's been two minutes…

— Jonah Hill

With comedy, you have to do it right. In a drama, there's a lot of different ways to succeed in a moment. But comedy…

— Jack Nicholson