Comedic Quotes - Page 2

• I have done much more dramatic work than comedic work, but I think comedy is harder than drama in a way. I think it's one of those things that's constantly discussed - people who do comedy think it's harder, people who do drama think it's harder. Usually drama is the one that gets this highbrow respect.

  Peter Vack

  Drama, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've never really taken myself too serious. That's everybody else, listening to the music or whatever. I've always said what I've felt, said what I thought was right, but I've always had a comedic bone.

  Ice Cube

  Taken, Listening, Serious

  "Ice Cube talks Are We There Yet?, xXx 2, life in the hood and more!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. January 20, 2005.

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• I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

  Khandi Alexander

  Roots, Want

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Originally the premise of killing Hitler was fueled by deep traumatic feelings of wishing and fantasizing that if only things had been different, we could have spared ourselves all kinds of suffering. More recently it's been turned into a comedic trope. As we go forward, tragedy plus time equals comedy...

  Gavriel David Rosenfeld

  Feelings, Suffering, Tragedy

  "Back to the Führer: This Guy Studies Baby Hitler Time Machine Scenarios". Interview with Dave Glison, www.motherjones.com. October 23, 2015.

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• Any comedic entertainment is better when you get high.

  Doug Benson

  Getting High, Entertainment

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

  Anatoly Karpov

  People, Doe, Comedy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's funny because being comedic and happy and lighthearted is who I am as a person, so they're easier emotions for me to connect with. The challenge is accessing pain, angst, depression. . . It's more exciting because it gives me somewhere to go and allows me to tap into a part of myself that everyone can relate to.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Pain, Who I Am, Giving

  "Behind-the-Scenes with Lindsay Lohan". Interview with Lauren Hutton, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I'd love for someone to ask me about comedic technique and choices.

  Hari Kondabolu

  Choices, Technique, Ask Me

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I look at what I'm doing today, I see [the] roots in my college life. I was the online editor of my college paper and an active member of the Harvard Computer Society. I abandoned a summer internship at the Washington Post due to injury and instead did theatre. I found my comedic voice through satirical newsletters in college.

  Baratunde Thurston

  Summer, College, Editors

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• I think it [ Difficult People] is for people who don't feel that they have been properly represented on TV. I think it's painting a very accurate if slightly exaggerated for comedic purposes view of the LGBT world in a way that we have never, ever seen in any television show.

  Billy Eichner

  Thinking, Views, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I thought the idea Jim [Carrey] had, which was to do a comedic version of movies like The Hand That Rocks The Cradle and Unlawful Entry, was really funny. The movie was a little lighter when we first came on, a little more like What About Bob? or something.

  Judd Apatow

  Ideas, Rocks, Hands

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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• There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.

  Judd Apatow

  Jumping, Ideas, Scary

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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• How many days do you have that are just purely dramatic? How many days do you have that are just purely comedic? It's usually a combination and I think that's what real life feels like.

  Todd Phillips

  Real, Thinking, Dramatic

  Source: collider.com

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• A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

  Chelsea Handler

  Comedian, Kind, Timing

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• I don't really have a pattern yet. I don't know if I'll develop one. As far as comedic integrity, I don't have integrity in general, comedic or otherwise.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Integrity, Patterns, Knows

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• It's always exciting to be a part of the development and creative process, and I hope to continue to do it. I feel like, especially in the comedic world, it's how things have to be done. You have to be a part of the motivating factor of getting the movie made. It's so hard.

  Anna Faris

  Creative, Done, Development

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress. I'm not really pigeonholed, but I'm known for drama. I do comedy so easily, and people relate to my humor. I'll be glad because I don't have to stay sexy and young forever. I don't care if I'm big, as long as I'm funny.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Sexy, Drama, Silly

  "Taraji P. Henson Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, PERSON OF INTEREST, Upcoming NO GOOD DEED, and Her Wish to Play Either Whitney Houston or a Superhero". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 16, 2012.

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• I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.

  Emily Deschanel

  Fun, Comedy, Episodes

  "Emily Deschanel Talks BONES Season 8, Brennan Getting Shot, and Her Hope to Direct an Episode". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 11, 2013.

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• I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way. The comedy comes through the character.

  Eugene Levy

  Character, Comedian, Actors

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again.

  John Cleese

  Two, Editing, Years

  "How John Cleese got his accidental start in comedy". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. June 19, 2015.

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• I don't know if it's a misconception, but I often get asked why I always make stories about family and love. Over the years, I´ve also directed commercials, a children's film, and TV - dramas (both comedic and darker), because I always feel the urge to go in a different direction with my next project.

  Anne Sewitsky

  Children, Drama, Years

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

  Charlie Day

  Worry, Goes On, Persona

  "'Horrible Bosses' Charlie Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 9, 2011.

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• Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, "I will be a comedic actor." I just thought, "I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get."

  Steve Carell

  Jobs, Book, Acting

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 23, 2005.

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• If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

  Patton Oswalt

  Play, Laughing, Serious

  "The GQA: Patton Oswalt". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. December 14, 2011.

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• I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared with 'Saw' or anything like that. So I'm looking at live-action horror films, but not slasher ones - ones that have humor and maybe some social satire.

  Henry Selick

  Dark, Saws, Action

  "Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films" by Carolyn Giardina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.

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