Actors Quote by Robin Morgan

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.

— Bernard Malamud

As everyone knows, comedy is the toughest emotion to handle. Everything about it is difficult - writing, directing and acting.

— Vivek

I find it very difficult to be funny, it's much easier to do tragedy than it is to do comedy.

— Eric Drooker

All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

Having written both comedy and drama, comedy's harder because the fear of failure's so much stronger. When you write a scene and you see…

— Rob Thomas

Even the most tragic moments can have moments of comedy.

— Emily Meade

“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets…

— Yiyun Li

There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

— Ellen Page

I think actors have a greater responsibility when doing comedy. It's as easy as anything to get cheap laughs, but that's not the idea…

— Peter Bowles

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.

— Jason Gann

I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.

— Sam Shepard