Comedies Quote by Noel Coward Download Open image “Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.” — Noel Coward ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedies Comedies Manners Comedy Manners Obsolete Swiftly Obsolete
There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh… — Bill Bixby Copy Share Image
“While good old-fashioned manners and etiquette have worked for centuries, new standards and expectations have come into play with the modern world. Behaviors which… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Almost all comedy is of its time. You can't expect audiences now to laugh at what amused people 60 years ago. — Denis Norden Copy Share Image
The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from. — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
That strange feeling we had inthe war. Have you found anything in your lives since toequal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness… — Noël Coward Copy Share Image
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“A.E. Matthews ambled through This Was a Man like a charming retriever who has buried a bone and can't quite remember where.” — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.” — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds… — Barkhad Abdi Copy Share Image
When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
I love comedy; I'm super passionate about it, and thank God it's super in right now to have female empowered comedies. — Dreama Walker Copy Share Image
I'd played a lot of best friends, and/or bad guys, which seems to be my lot in life. In romantic comedies there's always a… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet and you… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly. — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
![“Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's…” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/936/mel-brooks-2308_believe_comedy-is-lively-comedy-is-joy-and-that_36043.jpg)
