Easier Quote by Roseanne Barr

I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was…

— Roseanne Barr

The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.

— Rob Manuel

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

— Denis Norden

I'm a big believer in comedy writers. I've always defended the honor of all comedy writers. It's extremely difficult, but I've always felt that…

— Craig Mazin

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most…

— Richard Russo

By TV standards - I'm not comparing it to manual labor by any means - by TV comedy standards, it is the hardest job…

— Billy Eichner

People who have picture-perfect upbringings and lives tend not to be funny. I don't think they write from a position of pain.

— Alex Borstein

That's the easiest job you can have in TV comedy, being the guy who just delivers the funny.

— Josh McDermitt

I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap to drama…

— Sandra Bullock

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

— Eric Drooker

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv…

— Busy Philipps

I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.

— Elayne Boosler