Famous Quotes & Sayings

Douglas Fairbanks

Every week we had a different story and setting. Some were costume and period; some were modern. Some were comedy; some were tragedy. Some were melodrama. They were all different.

Most modern comedy is crap.

Meg Myers

There's a fine line between comedy and the darkest place ever.

Mitch Hedberg

Sometimes I wave to people I don't know. It's very dangerous to wave to someone you don't know, because what if they don't have a hand? They'll think you're cocky. 'Look what I got... This thing is useful. I'm gonna go pick somethin' up.'

Reese Witherspoon

Romantic comedy has really evolved since that time when there used to be a lot of social conventions and all sorts of reasons why people couldn't be together,

Clifton Collins, Jr.

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since 'One Eight Seven.'

And we felt like it was just a great romantic comedy world and a great office comedy.

Will Rogers

The way to judge a good comedy is by how long it will last and have people talk about it. Now Congress had turned out some that have lived for years and people are still laughing about them.

Robin Williams

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.

You never know what you're going to get. Last year, we had a lot of features; this year we have a lot of comedy shorts and music videos. So far, every festival has been different in tone and what kind of films we've received.

Roberto Benigni

This is an homage to the master, because I love this movie, and, of course, making a movie -- a comedy about concentration camp, I watched this movie a lot of time,

You don't want to be too worried about the marketplace or what's commercial, or what's on TV or in the movies right now. What started us was writing this very personal romantic comedy script that never got made, but was about very personal things to us and showcased our voice as writers. People responded to that and started to open doors because of that.

Harry Shearer

This movie is so drastically wrong, its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is. 'Oh My God!'-- that's all you can say.

This morning, shortly after 11 oclock, comedy struck this little house in Dibbley road. Sudden, violent comedy.

It's just going to be a fun time. Comedy really allows you to take your mind off homework and stress. I want everyone to come and laugh and have a good time for a few hours Saturday night.

It's a show about real-life young people competing in a musical competition, complete with comedy.

Jack Whitehall

I only got into comedy to get laid

James Gandolfini

I like idiotic comedies.

Jenna Fischer

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.

Jeff Daniels

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

Jeff Foxworthy

I love comedy. God has given me this platform.

Jackie Mason

My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.

Christopher Lee

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

Chris Rock

By the time I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a comedy writer.

Chris Rock

For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.

Fred Armisen

I started comedy in like 1998.

George Carlin

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

Fede Alvarez

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy.

Fede Alvarez

You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter.

Graham Chapman

I fart in your general direction.

He's the most successful American comedy playwright ever. And this is such a damned good funny play - and this time of year you need as many laughs as you can get.

Lily Tomlin

One comedy event an evening is enough for me.

Robin Williams

The moments of comedy are there. But the whole idea of a vacation is the stripping away of stuff and then, by the end of the vacation, (at least) in my life, you do have these moments as a group, as a family having a great time, so mellow again. It takes a while to do that but that's what this movie is about.