Comedy Quote by Penelope Gilliatt Download Open image “Great comedy calls large matters into question.” — Penelope Gilliatt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Great comedy Inspirational Matter
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
When you do a movie as opposed to a TV show, it's always tempting to think everything has to be big and exaggerated and… — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I think that you learn not to have any hopes that are too big when you're in comedy. You're just keeping your head down… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
What begins with comedy ends with comedy... in my short view of the matter. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
Movies have now reached the same stage as sex - it's all technique and no feeling. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
[On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which… — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
Why is it that beautiful women never seem to have curiosity? Is it because they know they're classical? With classical things the Lord finished… — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species. — Penelope Gilliatt 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
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