Comedy Quote by Tony Hancock Download Open image “It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.” — Tony Hancock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Funny Humor Ingredients Two
I think sadness and anger are really fertile ground for comedy. No one is really interested in a happy person doing comedy. — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
In order to understand comedy, you need to understand what's sad about the world. — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I hate trying to analyze comedy in some deep way. If it gets laughs, it's funny. — Rachel Dratch Copy Share Image
Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter. — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean. — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
Nobody will ever know I existed. Nothing to leave behind me. Nothing to pass on. Nobody to mourn me. That's the bitterest blow of… — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
And erm, perhaps looking like this it was perhaps the only thing I could do. — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
He ended up on his own. I thought, he's got rid of everybody else, he's going to get rid of himself and he did."… — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
“It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this,… — Tony Hancock Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now I just… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image