Actor Quote by Todd Phillips

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule…

— Ari Graynor

Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny…

— Mel Brooks

Whenever I do comedy, my trouble is that I laugh too much - I enjoy myself too much, so it's quite expensive to have…

— Paterson Joseph

I know, when I was in film school, some of my films were silly, but a lot of them were more dramatic. I don't…

— Jeff Baena

As a director, you can't stop a guy if he thinks something's hysterical, because if you do, then he'll get depressed because he thinks…

— Evan Goldberg

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

A lot of comedy films, there's the opinion, 'Well, if it's funny, put it in.' But I think you have to be more disciplined…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it.

— Jay Leno

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

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

Directors were apprehensive in trying comedy with me.

— Kunal Khemu

If you're in scenes with a guy you know really well in a comedy, you tend to crack each other up too much.

— Billy Bob Thornton