Comedic Quotes

• No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

  Harold Ramis

  Trying, Matter, Form

  "Harold Ramis: Expect the Unexpected". Psychology Today interview, www.psychologytoday.com. July 1, 1996.

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• I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Girl, Fun, Doors

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• I became a specialist at comedic one-liners.

  Lauren Hutton

  One Liner, Specialists

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• As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Hollywood, Leading Ladies, 1960s

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• If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Drama, Light, Relief

  "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Robert Downey Jr interview". IndieLondon interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Ooh, it's too ­embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well ­received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so ­inept.

  Gary Lineker

  Romantic, Drama, College

  "Gary Lineker reveals he's staying with the BBC.. and reveals men fall over themselves to speak to Danielle in the street". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 9, 2011.

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• I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.

  Jim Dale

  Clever, Laughing, Way

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

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• Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Laughter, Women

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• Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't comedians. You just played things real and the comedy came out of the context.

  Will Ferrell

  Real, Comedian, Actors

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• I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that Christopher Guest, Phil Hartman, Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness are comedic actors. And Dan Aykroyd, too. Those are my heroes.

  Mike Myers

  Hero, Thinking, Actors

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• I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Men, Thinking, Ideas

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

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• Bob Saget was known, in the comedy clubs in those days, as extremely funny but with dark humor. It was always an inside joke among comics, when he got Full House, it was, like, wow, hes playing this all-American dad kind of thing. That was not Bob Saget. His comedic style is definitely more twisted, and he has an edgier side than he showed in Full House.

  Bob Saget

  Dad, Dark, House

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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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• 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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• The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium. Friends was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a masters degree in comedy.

  Matt LeBlanc

  Intelligent, Reality, Perception

  "Matt LeBlanc: 'Because I'm much more reserved than Joey, people think I'm depressed'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2012.

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• I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Inspiration, People

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• The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Comedian, Actors

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

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• Obviously comedic styles do change.

  Larry David

  Style

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• I sort of consider myself a comedic actress, not a comedienne. I think it's different. You know, I'm not a stand-up or anything, but playing into comedic situations is sort of where, I think, my strength lies.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Lying, Thinking, Different

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• At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel really stagnant, waiting for a part. I was also taking classes at UCB and Groundlings, and at the higher levels, they focus on writing. It was such a relief to be able to write. During those programs, I wrote a one-woman show called Me, Myself, and Iran, and it ended up getting to Tina Fey. She recommended me to audition for SNL, so I got my first of two auditions through her.

  Nasim Pedrad

  Writing, Iran, Land

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• You have a dramatic portion of your television program and you treat it dramatically, and then you have a comedic portion of your program, and you treat it differently. Why do you change who are between the two pieces? You're the same person. Just go.

  Nathan Fillion

  Two, Television, Pieces

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• A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Laughing, Scary

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• Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.

  Val Kilmer

  Actors, Brilliant, Peter

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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.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Who I Am, Emotion, Easier

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• Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

  Cobie Smulders

  Mother, Actresses, Mets

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