Comedy Quote by Prunella Scales Download Open image “The charming sitcom is all very well, but good comedy is based on pain and danger and fear.” — Prunella Scales ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Danger Fear Good Humor Pain
I think the best dramas are as funny as possible and the best comedies have, underneath them, real substance. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out. — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama… — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it. — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
Finding a way to find humor in things that are hardcore is definitely something that, I think, the sitcom does best. — Megyn Price Copy Share Image
My favourite kind of comedy comes from the awkwardness of living, the stuff that makes you cringe but borders on tragic - that is… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I always say I want to die on the eighth curtain call. Eight will mean the show's been rather a success. — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what people think about you, so long as they get the play through your performance. Only a few not very good… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
My elder son and his wife keep bees, and my younger son has bees, too. — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
The people you learn most from are the audiences, which is why I'm always best on my last night. — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
In 1940 my mum took a job as under-matron at her old school, which had been evacuated from Eastbourne to Windermere; I got a… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will. — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
In our profession if you've got an ugly mark or there's anything that cosmetic surgery can do for you I think it's absolutely fine.… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
When I had started commuting into London for theatre school, I'd had to sell my uncle's stamp collection for £300. — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
I'd love to play Constance in 'King John' or Paulina in 'The Winter's Tale.' I'd like to go on working till I drop. — Prunella Scales 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