Comedy Quote by Robyn Hitchcock

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

— Helen Fielding

Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

— Angela Carter

First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and…

— Adam McKay

A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later…

— Brian Regan

Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.

— Jonathan Banks

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes, caricatures, exaggerations…

— Sara Pascoe

People are much more vicious about comedy than about anything else. If it's drama they go: 'Oh well, that didn't really work.' But comedy,…

— Harry Enfield

Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses…

— William Hazlitt

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

— W. C. Fields

Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better

— Ricky Gervais