Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vanna Bonta

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

Don Ohlmeyer

Veronica's Closet' will do a 27 share on a Thursday night and it's dismissed. And (Comedy Central's) 'South Park' does a two share and it's on the cover of 'Newsweek' magazine.

Don Adams

Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all

Vince Vaughn

They're all regulars at the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, ... They've been on 'The Tonight Show,' they've been on 'Premium Blend' on Comedy Central, they've been in movies and television shows, and they're all really great stand-ups.

I have such a passion for this show, because it is not your typical musical comedy piece. There is so much depth,

Chris Eigeman

I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It's like comedy bankers' hours.

Taylor Schilling

In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.

Anne Beatts

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.

Jon Stewart

If you want to compare your show to a comedy show, you're more than welcome to ... You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls.

Greg Garcia

If you can walk away from a comedy thinking it was funny yet also feeling good about the people you watched and the journey they went on, then all the better.

Michael Keaton

If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.

Ali LeRoi

If you listen to his comedy ... it's serious stuff. There's war, there's racism, there's fights, there's violence, there's arguments. And then you find the joke in it.

Garry Marshall

I didn't think some of the comedy was current enough to be funny today,

I flunked out of five colleges, and I did not know what I was going to do. And when I was sitting in the back of a comedy club, and I saw a guy who I thought sucked, I said to myself 'I can do this.' And I talked to the owner of the comedy club, and I found out you get a few free drinks.

Lorne Michaels

His comedy doesn't come from a place of anger. He's got a kind of sweetness to him.

Nick Cave

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

Seth Rogen

Most comedy comes out of misery.

Scott Thompson

Comedy is actually very macho driven.

Scott Simon

Murder is easy. Comedy is hard.

Tom Hiddleston

The best comedy is always played straight down the middle.

Tom Hiddleston

I am desperate to do a comedy now.

Todd Solondz

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.

Michael Shanks

I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.

Marcus Brigstocke

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

Eric Bana

If a great comedy landed on my doorstep, I would find it hard to say no.

Eric Bana

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

Leslie Mann

I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine.

Jon Hurwitz

One of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.

Jack Kenny

All we really want to do is tell a good story about a good man and his family and the struggle to get through life. It's a family drama with some dark comedy in it about this wonderful family that's just struggling like any other American family.

This is nice counter-programming for T3, but with comedy sequels, you never know what you're going to get. If 'Legally Blonde' doesn't come up big, they're hurting for this year.

Jo Koy

This is my 11th year (doing comedy). That's the whole thing -- if you wait 10 years, pay your dues and do your time, it'll come.

This is a great comedy. It is just like any family. One minute they are fighting, and the next minute they are loving each other.

Eric Idle

I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.