Comedy Quotes - Page 11

• Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

  Zosia Mamet

  Dark, Laughing, Arise

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?

  John Updike

  Differences, Tragedy, Another Chance

  John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.238, Random House

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

  Barbara Stanwyck

  Vulgarity Is, Tragedy, Surface

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• I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.

  David Letterman

  Change, Collective Unconscious, Justice

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• Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard.

  David Letterman

  Names, Iraq, Republican

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• Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol of my childhood, in the surprise ending. I like mixing comedy with suspense and action.

  Woody Allen

  Idols, Childhood, Sunrise

  "Woody chooses music over film", www.cnn.com. August 28, 2001.

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• I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

  Zachary Knighton

  Drama, Careers, Done

  "Happy Endings' Zachary Knighton talks comedy and T-shirts". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. April 4, 2012.

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• At one point, I was in a place where it didn't feel like it was going to happen and I was feeling pretty down on myself. But I stuck to it, and now I have a hit comedy on my hands. You've got to keep plugging away at it. If you really believe in yourself, you can definitely make it happen.

  Zachary Knighton

  Believe, Hands, Feelings

  "Happy Beginnings and 'Happy Endings' for Zachary Knighton". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. February 23, 2012.

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• I love comedy. David's Lynch the only person I've worked with more than once who sees me as a specific thing - he sees me as the sexy bimbo, in ways, and he also sees me as Lucille Ball. Actually, Nick Cage and I did Lucy and Ricky in two scenes in Wild at heart that were cut because the movie was four hours long.

  Laura Dern

  Sexy, Heart, Cutting

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• I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side. When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things I've ever done.

  John Krasinski

  Teacher, College, One Day

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• Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Somewhere Else

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. August 12, 1997.

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• For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

  Takeshi Kitano

  Violence, Unexpected, Common

  "Takeshi Kitano: Silent superstar" by Dean Irvine, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2008.

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• There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.

  Nancy Meyers

  Romantic, Writing, Reality

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

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• A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy.

  Norm MacDonald

  Thinking, People, Want

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• Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.

  Tracy Morgan

  Anything Goes, Clubs, Sacred

  "A Wild Conversation with Tracy Morgan". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 17, 2010.

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• I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

  Tracy Morgan

  Want

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. October 03, 2007.

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• 'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other "comedies" that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.

  B. J. Novak

  Real, Air, Office

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, tv.avclub.com. August 19, 2009.

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• When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

  Dean Norris

  College, Pranks

  "Q&A: Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. March 2008.

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• When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.

  Dean Norris

  Play, People, Would Be

  "Q&A: Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. March 2008.

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• When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?

  Carol Burnett

  Humor, Doe, Actors

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• I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

  David Letterman

  Running, Gentleman, Problem

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• I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.

  Joan Rivers

  Self Confidence, Ego, Grows

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• The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight.

  Bill Maher

  Tonight, Humour

  "Bill Maher: The Decider". Documentary, Comedy, 2007.

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• They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them.

  Paul Reiser

  Baby, People

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• I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.

  Kunal Nayyar

  Character, Thinking, Obstacles

  "'The Big Bang Theory': Kunal Nayyar Talks Raj's New Confidence" by Lesley Goldber, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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