Comedic Quotes - Page 7

• When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.

  Rob Riggle

  Drama, Views, Comedian

  Source: collider.com

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• It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.

  W. Kamau Bell

  People, Black, Sides

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.

  Ted Alexandro

  Character, Thinking, Voice

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.

  David Nevins

  Real, Lying, Silly

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• I've come to the possible conclusion that being a comedic writer/director is like running track. You do it for a certain amount of time and then you have to stop. Or you at least have to accept that you're not going to be at the top of your game. And that's OK.

  David Wain

  Running, Games, Track

  Interview with Toph Eggers, believermag.com. March 1, 2011.

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• I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

  Carol Burnett

  Soul, Actresses, Jokes

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Real, Skills, Important

  Source: www.salon.com

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• We're all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you're comedic or not.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Honesty, Real, People

  Source: www.salon.com

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• The costume designer, her name is Anne Hardinge. She's done "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." She's really comedic costume designer, which was right up my alley. She was a joy to work with. She was like fabulous Geena Davis. She was just floating with her red lip and kind of fabulous.

  Jerusha Hess

  Names, Joy, Hot

  "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.

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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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• Handling a painful situation in a comedic way is truly the funniest. That is extremely real to me and not kind of clownish. There is a thin line though; you can't overdo it.

  Will Ferrell

  Real, Lines, Way

  "Will Ferrell: 'I Am Kind Of Boring To Me'". The Talks Interview, the-talks.com. August 3, 2011.

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• I didn’t know that it was going to launch a quote-unquote comedic career. I just wanted to do anything other than wait tables.

  Charlie Day

  Careers, Waiting, Tables

  Interview with Guillermo Del Toro, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2014.

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• Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities. In drama, you can get away with being a great actor and surrounded by great actors and having good writing. But in comedy you have to listen and you have to perform with a certain rhythm, because if you don't, it's like playing a wrong note in the orchestra and you can hear the off key and it will fall flat and you won't get that instant response.

  Aimee Garcia

  Drama, Fall, Writing

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• I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.

  Chris Rock

  Names, Excellence, Want

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• I think I'm a better comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress, but everybody believes I'm this dramatic actress and I'll take it.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Believe, Thinking, Actresses

  "Interview: Taraji P. Henson Talks ‘No Good Deed’ and a Woman’s Intuition (In Theaters Today)". Interview with Nijla Mumin, blogs.indiewire.com. September 12, 2014.

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• Also, at a certain point relentlessness itself can become comedic.

  Allan Weisbecker

  Certain

  Source: www.surfrhythm.com

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• I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

  Edward Burns

  Balance, Trying, Plot

  "Edward Burns on His New Movie, 'The Fitzgerald Family Christmas'". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.elle.com. December 7, 2012.

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• I love acting. I love play-acting. I love pretending. I love telling stories so whether they be comedic or serious or whatever, it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy telling a good story. I have it all in me.

  Jim Carrey

  Play, Acting, Stories

  View London Interview, www.viewlondon.co.uk.

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• I knew I wanted to work with Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] again on something comedic, and we are having a blast writing SCREAM QUEENS. We hope to create a whole new genre - comedy-horror - and the idea is for every season to revolve around two female leads.

  Ryan Murphy

  Queens, Writing, Ideas

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• I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

  Kristen Wiig

  Comedian, Acting, Film

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Everyone thinks I'm a comedian - which I am and are. I was born into a comedic family but I'm trained as an actor.

  Marlon Wayans

  Thinking, Comedian, Actors

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• You make adjustments according to the specifics of the character.It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done. It's not even necessarily vulnerability, always, but it's an earnestness, a genuine desire to actually do the right thing, but then still make really misguided, stupid decisions along the way.

  Ed Helms

  Stupid, Hero, Character

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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• I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor, it was just to be an actor, not necessarily a comedic actor. I wasn't that guy who struck out with women so he became really funny, and that's when the women started to like him.

  Steve Carell

  Kids, Class, Guy

  "How Steve Carell Spent His Summer Vacation". Interview with Amanda Mae Meyncke, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 2, 2013.

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• When I was in acting class, we did a lot of really serious scenes, and we didn't do comedic scenes. I felt like doing those scenes, it didn't come out of my mouth the right way. I don't know if it's because my voice is different, or what it is about me, but it just seemed a little off.

  Leslie Mann

  Class, Voice, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.

  Nick Swardson

  Stars, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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