Comedy Quotes - Page 29

• I am not a politician going around bragging about family values or putting myself on some ridiculous virtuous pedestal. I write comedy. And I am an actor. I am not going to solve the nation's problems. I don't actually spend my life in the way the tabloids like to think I do. I actually spend 95 percent of it writing comedy. Sober. Well, nearly sober anyway.

  Steve Coogan

  Writing, Thinking, Pedestal

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• Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.

  Jonathan Banks

  World, Good Times, Sometimes

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• When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy." I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show."

  Rebel Wilson

  Girl, Moving, Thinking

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• Only comedies can get you that engaged in a movie, dramas people just sort of sit there and eat their popcorn and nothing really happens, they might cry a little bit, but that's it. Horror movies are talking at the screen, guys are elbowing each other, laughing at each other because they got scared. That's the beauty of a horror movie.

  Bruce Campbell

  Drama, Talking, People

  "WonderCon: Bruce Campbell Talks EVIL DEAD, Premiering at SXSW, His Planned Involvement in the Sequel, ARMY OF DARKNESS 2, and Upcoming Projects". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. March 31, 2013.

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• Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius.

  Marc Maron

  Insecurity, Balls, Genius

  "Q&A: Marc Maron on the Decline of Conversation, TV Stardom, Oligarchs, Self-Doubt & Cats". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. May 2, 2013.

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• I'd love to do a comedy. I'd love to do a two-hander like the old Leathal Weapon movies. I love those, like an action comedy with the straight man and the funny man. I'd love to do one of those. Just got to find one, find a funny man that wants to do one with me.

  Jason Statham

  Men, Two, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to be a male preserve. Women can talk about sexuality and their bodily functions and it can be very, very entertaining. It's changed the impact of comedy acting.

  Patrick Stewart

  Impact, Years, Acting

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

  Patrick Stewart

  Impact, Everyday, Watching Tv

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• You learn so many different skills on the show «Merlin». You're constantly asked to do green-screen, horse riding, comedy scenes, dramatic scenes, everything. The ability and the skill to adapt under a tight schedule is one that I'll definitely take away.

  Colin Morgan

  Horse, Skills, Riding

  Source: collider.com

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• I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.

  Sharlto Copley

  Kids, First Love, Voice

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then that's their shock. But there is no joke without surprise.

  George Carlin

  People, Essentials, Phrases

  Interview with Sam Merrill, reprints.longform.org. January 1982.

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• It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - there's very few people I haven't run into.

  Marc Maron

  Running, New York, Boston

  Interview with Kyle Dowling, www.believermag.com.

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• In comedy, falling means laughter. You can take something sacred and make it silly. The more sacred it is, the funnier it is. It has a bigger drop to fall.

  Bo Burnham

  Laughter, Silly, Fall

  Source: www.shockya.com

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• The secret to comedy is not playing the comedy, but actually playing the situation, playing the drama of it.

  Nathan Fillion

  Drama, Secret, Situation

  ""White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, Plus The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!". Interview with Senh Duong and Phu Bui-Quang, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 2, 2006.

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• Everything changes once you start trying to market the film. Part of you feels like everything is slipping away from you. For me, I don't want people going to the theater thinking it's going to be a laugh-a-minute comedy, like a Will Ferrell film or something. Because it's not.

  Taika Waititi

  Thinking, Laughing, People

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

  Mike Myers

  Two, Sausage, Made

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid. When I was eleven Saturday Night Live came on and I thought, "Oh God, I'd love to do that." I saw the Pink Panther movies and thought, "God, I'd love to have a comedy series; I'd love to have a character I'd created that becomes a series." I've now pretty-much done everything I've wanted to do since I was eight years old and it's a wonderful feeling, I've got to say.

  Mike Myers

  Character, Kids, Night

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• Comedy - particularly the frothy and frivolous - is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it's bloody hard to get right.

  Colin Firth

  Awards, Festivals, Neglected

  "Exclusive: Oscar Nominee Colin Firth On A Single Man". Interview with Rosamund Witcher, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. February 15, 2010.

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• I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

  Todd Solondz

  Said, Audience, Receptive

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• As far as just my stand-up is concerned, I don't care about changing anyone's mind. I'm not making an argument. I'm a guy doing comedy.

  David Cross

  Guy, Mind, Care

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.

  David Cross

  Thinking, People, Economic

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical comedy show. I do comedy, and I do singing, Broadway show tunes and different songs that I like. Been doing it for many, many years.

  Debbie Reynolds

  Song, Years, Musical

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• I would never stop watching film. The reason why I say I like the old ones is I like the subject matter better. I thought they had more variety to them, they had more romantic comedies and things that appealed to me more.

  Debbie Reynolds

  Matter, Reason Why, Film

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  People, Attention, Grew Up

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Growing Up, School, Kids

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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