“I love comedies. I love watching them. I think I've always been afraid of being on them a little bit.” ThinkingLittlesBitsComedyLittle Bit Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your friends and whatever, it's really, it's important. Or else you're making stuff that's a little bit watered down and irrelevant.” PeopleThinkingWayLittlesImportantStuffBitsComedyLittle BitDown AndIrrelevant Author:Seth Gordon
“I always did music, but music is an easier thing for me. Making videos and doing comedy things was more of a challenge, so I was more interested in that. Music is a little bit more automatic.” LittlesBitsChallengesComedyEasierLittle BitMusic IsVideo Author:Reggie Watts
“The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you're not just stuck in plot.” LittlesTwoRealCharacterBitsTermHoursComedyMinutesLittle BitNewsStuckExtrasPlotEndearmentReal CharacterTerms Of EndearmentFast Times Author:Judd Apatow
“I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about it. But I feel much more comfortable doing a comedy, but the fact that I got to try a few dramas, I feel I've tested myself a little bit.” FeelsTryingLittlesI CanFactsBitsComedyDramaComfortableLittle BitTestedGood Movie Author:Adam Sandler
“As I get older, I don't think the world is becoming that funny. Comedy is changing a bit.” ThinkingWorldBitsComedyBecoming Author:Bobby Lee
“Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully with a bit more perspective and honesty. With many exceptions, a movie with no jokes is far less appealing to me.” LooksBitsTalkingComedyWonderfulHonestyPerspectiveDegreesJokesDistanceHopefullyExceptionDevices Author:Alexander Payne
“I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.” PeopleKnowsGivingLittlesPersonsEarthActorsEasyBitsGoneComedyLittle BitSurpriseCraftsComparisonOscarsGreat ActorsPissed OffStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Jefferies
“I'd like to play a mixture of Lucille Ball meets Murphy Brown meets Glenn Close on 'Damages,' to keep a little bit of the darkness in there. I like dark comedy a lot.” LittlesPlayBitsDarkDarknessComedyLittle BitBallsDamageBrownMixturesMurphyDark ComedyMurphy Brown Author:Joelle Carter
“I kind of consider myself... I mean, I try to have my comedy be accessible, and if people are paying $30 to see me in a theater and they want to have their picture taken with me, it's not the end of the world. It's one of those things, where I'm not the only comic who does it. A lot of comics do it. If I'm doing a 4,000-seat venue, it might be a little bit of a different task, but it's all good.” PeopleIfsWorldWantTryingKindMeanLittlesDoeDifferentEndsMightBitsTakenComedyLittle BitTasksTheaterComicSeatsEnd Of The WorldVenuesPicture Taken Author:Jim Gaffigan
“There's the exciting part about comedy - if you catch an act just before they go mainstream, that's the best. After they hit the mainstream, everything gets watered down a little bit.” IfsLittlesBitsComedyLittle BitExcitingMainstream Author:Tommy Chong
“In every career, you are balancing or negotiating tricky waters. But, I think that's been something nice that comedy has been able to give me a little bit more. I have the ability to laugh at myself and hopefully not take all of this whole world too seriously.” ThinkingWorldGivingLittlesHas BeensWholeAbleBitsWaterAbilityCareersLaughingComedyNiceLittle BitGive MeWhole WorldHopefullyTrickyNegotiatingHopefully Not Author:Anna Faris
“I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When you do that, it's funnier. And when you do that, you really do hit the emotional beats. I do it the same way as I do a drama. I just play it for truth, and then maybe have a little bit of fun with it sometimes.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesRealSometimesPlayRealityFunBitsComedyEmotionalDramaLittle BitBeatsSake Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Only comedies can get you that engaged in a movie, dramas people just sort of sit there and eat their popcorn and nothing really happens, they might cry a little bit, but that's it. Horror movies are talking at the screen, guys are elbowing each other, laughing at each other because they got scared. That's the beauty of a horror movie.” PeopleLittlesMightHappensGuyBitsTalkingLaughingComedyCryDramaHorrorLittle BitScaredScreensEngagedPopcorn Author:Bruce Campbell
“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.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPlayKidsSchoolBitsParentMy OwnActingSecretGrowing UpComedyGrowingFiguresMarriedLittle BitPursueTheatrical Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I'm very interested in trying to make comedy shows that are a bit bigger, more theatrical, more of a "show." Some people might say I'm trying too hard, but that's a compliment to me. I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.” PeopleTryingLittlesHardShowsMightValuesBitsComedyBiggerProductionsCornersComplimentTheatricalFlairComedy ShowsTrying Too Hard Author:Bo Burnham
“Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing, I'll go work on my music. When I'm sick of music, I'll be like, I'm going to start performing comedy now. So it's good. It's not like I want to be famous or anything.” WantWritingBitsActingComedyRight NowSickTiredPerformingI'm Tired Author:Charlyne Yi
“Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsLittlesBitsLaughingComedyLittle Bit Author:Jonah Hill
“Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe.” ThinkingFeelsWellsLittlesI CanLostBitsQualityComedySafeArguingCanadaBites Author:Scott Thompson
“I do also think it eludes genre a bit - not in any groundbreaking way but you can't quite call it a comedy and you can't quite call it a romantic anything. It's not quite a drama either really. But it has elements of all those things.” ThinkingWayBitsComedyDramaElementsGenreEludeGroundbreaking Author:Colin Firth
“I've been trained in dancing and I used to be quite good, though I am a bit rusty right now. But I could probably brush up in a couple of months. The funny thing is that I actually took classes from Savion Glover, who worked in Happy Feet, when I was a kid. Isn't that wild? I was part of a selected group that was brought into New York from New Jersey (which is where I'm from) to study, every Saturday: ballet, jazz and tap. It was a musical comedy group.” KidsUsedBitsClassStudyComedyGroupsFeetNew YorkMonthsCoupleRight NowDancingJazzMusicalUsed To BeBalletSaturdayBrushesJerseyFunny ThingsSelectedNew JerseyHappy Feet Author:Brittany Murphy
“Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing it out over time on stage and in front of people until it becomes a full bit.” PeopleWritingIdeasMomentsHappensBitsComedyStageFrontsImprovisationComedy Writing Author:Marc Maron
“I like comedy but I guess I don't think [my art] is that funny, either. It's too dark and a bit weird in places to be genuinely, uniformly hilarious and function as comedy.” ThinkingArtBitsDarkComedyArt IsFunction Author:David Shrigley
“I love comedies and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. ‘The Other Guys’ was not lazy.” SometimesGuyBitsComedyTendenciesLazyOther Guys Author:Louis Leterrier
“So, you don't have laughs as a reference point any more, it becomes a bit of a science after that. And the last thing, you would love to be able to depend on a sense of spontaneity, but hours of waiting and then hours of repetition are not conducive to spontaneity so those are your obstacles. On the other hand it's a lot of fun. Plunging into a bit of physical comedy and abandoning all dignity, no one can really hurt you much after you much after that, once you've done it.” DoneHandsAbleLastsFunBitsWaitingHoursHurtLaughingComedyDependsDignityObstaclesRepetitionSpontaneityHave A LaughPhysical Comedy Author:Colin Firth
“In comedy you sometimes have to look at the funny bone a little bit. So, that was the hardest part - was not offending. I'm not laughing at anybody. We're laughing together about who we are - and the funnier part of who we are. I'm (sure) not writing this and calling you a stereotype. I'm not doing that.” WritingLooksLittlesSometimesTogetherBitsLaughingComedyCallingLittle BitBonesHardestWho We AreStereotypeOffendingLaughing TogetherFunny Bones Author:Corbin Bernsen
“We have little bits of comedy throughout our films but this is like a full-on comedy. I had great time. It was fun to do a comedy and see a lot of the people I worked with on our previous films and meet some new actors. It was a good experience for me.” PeopleLittlesFilmActorsFunBitsComedyLittle BitGreat TimesGood Experiences Author:Alex Kendrick
“I think we're going to transition with our comedy programming, trying to broaden the audience and broaden what the network does. Those Thursday comedies, which the critics love and we love, tend to be a bit more narrow than we'd ultimately like, as we go forward.” ThinkingTryingDoeBitsAudienceComedyCriticsProgrammingTransitionThursday Author:Robert Greenblatt
“You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need to calibrate the film and see how audiences react.” NeedsFilmBitsAudienceComedyTestsIntenseScreening Author:Rod Lurie
“So many times I've done a CD, and then the week after I record it, I've got this new tagline that's killer. And it makes the whole bit better. It happens all the time. But that's just the process of comedy.” DoneWholeHappensBitsProcessRecordsComedyWeekKillersCdsTaglines Author:Joe Rogan
“I didn't want to make teenage comedies, and I didn't want to make really trashy films. I wanted to make films that were a bit challenging.” WantWantedFilmBitsChallengesComedyTeenage Author:Mick Jagger
“The best thing about where comedy is now is if you have a little bit of talent and a strong work ethic, and strong social skills, you can make a name for yourself and you can make money.” IfsLittlesNamesStrongSocialBitsComedyTalentSkillsLittle BitEthicsMaking MoneyBest ThingsWork EthicSocial SkillsStrong Work Ethic Author:Donnell Rawlings
“I've seen stand up comedy, and after a while you start to notice that a lot of people are doing things that are like a lot of other people. There can be a bit of a herd mentality, and that's obviously less interesting because there's less going on. I'm just being totally frank with you.” PeopleBitsInterestingComedyMentalityFrankJust BeingHerdsStand Up ComedyHerd Mentality Author:Dylan Moran
“My favorite kinds of comedies are ones that hopefully make you laugh a lot, but ultimately make you care about something in the end, even if it's just a little bit.” IfsKindLittlesEndsCareBitsLaughingComedyLittle BitMy FavoriteHopefullyMake You Laugh Author:Jason H. Moore