Quotes about Comedy

26 quotes about Comedy

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on "canned" laughter grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.

Quote by Russell Baker about comedy

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some...

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

Quote by Michael Caine about comedy

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because...

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

Quote by Michael Caine about comedy

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the...

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about comedy

I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not...

I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.

Quote by Carmen Electra about comedy

I would like to do maybe a smaller romantic comedy.

I would like to do maybe a smaller romantic comedy.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about comedy

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.

Quote by Colin Firth about comedy

I think the whole thing is about getting it wrong, and...

I think the whole thing is about getting it wrong, and misjudging everything and screwing up. Comedy essentially is about that.

Quote by Colin Firth about comedy

My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the...

My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.

Quote by Salma Hayek about comedy

I haven't had an opportunity to do a really full-blown...

I haven't had an opportunity to do a really full-blown comedy in a while. I'd like to do one of those like My Man Godfrey or something like that.

Quote by Don Johnson about comedy

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a...

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin about comedy

Optical Character Recognition is good comedy.

Optical Character Recognition is good comedy.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about comedy

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.

Quote by Brian De Palma about comedy

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about comedy

It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want

Quote by Trey Parker about comedy

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.

Quote by Austin Peck about comedy

I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm...

I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards.

Quote by Austin Peck about comedy

But I think there's plenty of British comedy that...

But I think there's plenty of British comedy that Americans have never seen that they would like but sometimes things just get through.

Quote by Simon Pegg about comedy

There is a universality to comedy.

There is a universality to comedy.

Quote by Simon Pegg about comedy

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around...

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

Quote by Mel Brooks about comedy

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