Keegan-Michael Key Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• Like every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Mother, Information, Causes

  Source: www.npr.org

• The audience loves to figure things out. They love it when a performer leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them, and they get to participate in the comedy.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Bread, Comedy, Crumbs

• The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Comedy

  Source: www.esquire.com

• You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  People, Comedy, Behaving Badly

  "Key & Peele: 'That’s what Obama should say'". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.salon.com. October 7, 2012.

• A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Writing, People, Stories

  "EXCLUSIVE: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele Talk Key & Peele Series Premiere". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. January 31, 2012.

• If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Successful, Player, Looks

  "EXCLUSIVE: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele Talk Key & Peele Series Premiere". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. January 31, 2012.

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