Comedy Quote by Tina Fey

When I first started comedy, I didn't know about the alt scene and I just started doing open mics in Manhattan and a lot…

— Rachel Sennott

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

— Jon Lovitz

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end…

— Matthew Lewis

What they call 'alt-comedy' now is basically what comedy was like in the '80s. People tried different things, and everybody went to the clubs;…

— Jen Kirkman

The director sets the tone, and if someone's ruling it with an iron fist, people are quiet and the days go long in my…

— Channing Tatum

It is tough to make people laugh, but when there is comfort level with co-stars and director it all works well.

— Gurmeet Choudhary

With comedy especially, it feels like such a clear-cut thing to be a writer-director. There is so much nuance and tone in a comedy…

— Todd Phillips

Directors were apprehensive in trying comedy with me.

— Kunal Khemu

I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like Everwood that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from…

— Chris Pratt

Comedy is one of the hardest genres. You can tell if it's working or not. If the director is convinced of the vision, you…

— Lara Dutta

In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it.…

— Jon Lovitz

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

— Dane Cook