Comedy Quotes - Page 32

• The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Laughter, Men, Population

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.328

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• With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing for a comedy, in my opinion.

  Diora Baird

  Fun, Thinking, Opinion

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

  Claire McCaskill

  Reality, Human Nature, Civility

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• The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.

  Brian Schweitzer

  Leadership, Moving, President

  "I Do Not Trust Politicians". Interview with David Weigel, www.slate.com. January 6, 2014.

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• I'm not a player, I'm an alien...My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships.

  Metta World Peace

  Winning, Player, Focus

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• With comedy, if you write something for me, I'm better at it. I'm not sure I'm so good at improvisational stuff.

  Robert Knepper

  Writing, Stuff, Not Sure

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• 'Buried Alive' is a little scary, but also a comedy at the same time.

  Tobin Bell

  Scary, Alive, Littles

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• since piety has become the fashion at Court, dramatic authors imagine that their pieces would be more welcome if they added in a little devotion. At first their plan succeeded, but now no one can bear their comedies.

  Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans

  Fashion, Would Be, Pieces

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• Comedy is a funny thing, and it's really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title. You would never go to a club just to see "Live music," you would go to a jazz club to see jazz, a blues club to see blues, etc. But when you go to see "standup comedy," if you don't know the performers material, you really don't have any idea what you're gonna get.

  Joe Rogan

  Art, Funny Things, Ideas

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• Comedy doesn't come easy for me. I've only done 2 movies that are really comedy-style films and I have to work at them. And they're just as scary in a way. I hate labeling all these things; comedy, love stories, dark drama, whatever.

  Channing Tatum

  Hate, Drama, Dark

  Source: www.shockya.com

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• Doing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again.

  Jon Stewart

  Moving, Jam, Middle

  "Jon Stewart, Faking It and Making It". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. July 22, 2005.

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• A lot of stand-up specials for cable are meant to glorify the comedian. They put you in a really beautiful theater, and sometimes they even blow a little smoke in there to make it misty and sweet. They make the guy look like he's a big rock star. But comedy's not really glamorous. It doesn't enhance comedy for it to look good.

  Louis C. K.

  Beautiful, Sweet, Stars

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was open to anything. That doesn't mean I would do anything, it just means I was open to anything. I've met for dramas, single camera comedy, multi-camera comedy. I take each script as an individual project.

  Skylar Astin

  Drama, Mean, Cameras

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• Like every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Mother, Information, Causes

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think that doing comedy and playing Dwight is a service. Not to get grandiose about it, but I have a talent for playing oddball characters and I can make people laugh and that can help bring families together and people will really enjoy it and it puts a smile on their face and I think that is a really great thing.

  Rainn Wilson

  Character, Thinking, Laughing

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Growing Up, School, Kids

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Pain, Drama, Character

  "Pedro Almodóvar Talks I’M SO EXCITED, the Role of Sex and Death in His Work, Making the “Gayest Film” He’s Done in 20 Years, and More" by Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 24, 2013.

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• I think it would be so fun to do some kind of comedy, something - I'm not exactly sure, but something like I just did Moliere's "Tartuffe" in class, and wow, what a stretch. Why go to classes? I get to play in Moliere's "Tartuffe," and I could never - nobody would ever think that they would be, I'd be right for that.

  Eva Mendes

  Fun, Thinking, Class

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Whatever the best scripts are and you just want to play roles that you can really sink your teeth into. That's always the goal no matter if it's a good guy or a bad guy, or a comedy, or a drama. It doesn't matter, you just want something that's substantial you can sink your teeth into and that you haven't done before, something that's really going to challenge you.

  Stanley Tucci

  Drama, Play, Want Something

  Source: collider.com

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

  Marc Maron

  Writing, Moments, Stage

  "Marc Maron Off-Screen". Interview with Devon Ivie, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 3, 2015.

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• It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.

  Nathaniel Buzolic

  Drama, Skills, Important

  Source: collider.com

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• I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.

  Emily Deschanel

  Fun, Episodes, Refreshing

  "Emily Deschanel Talks BONES Season 8, Brennan Getting Shot, and Her Hope to Direct an Episode". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 11, 2013.

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• Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious, then we wind up very highly sexual, and then we thug it out. Then things get a little funny again, with comedy and that kind of thing.

  KRS-One

  Thug, Wind, Breathing

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2001.

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• Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy, anything that has a good story.

  Scott Eastwood

  Fans, Suspense, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama.

  Kathy Baker

  Drama, Character, Giving

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