I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.

As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music.

Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world.

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

When I started, there was no comedy community, no comedy industry; there were comedians.

George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.

I always loved comedy, but it never seemed like something that I could do professionally.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.

Comedy is a shared experience, and I think it's great to open that to a wide demographic.

Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.

A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.

We actually did quite a lot of comedy on 'Xena'. The whole show was very tongue-in-cheek.

I'm not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

It's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy: the great comedy that comes from great pain.

... life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at.

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

My secret to comedy is don't offend anybody. Don't offend anybody ever. That's my secret.

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

She kind of reminds one of Helen. There's something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.

I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.

But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

I spend most of my time catching up on classic comedy - things you absolutely have to see.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

Comedy can simultaneously allow you to dive headfirst into the world's pain and escape it.

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

I think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from.

What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy.

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.

Dad loved movies and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

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