“I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy in with my drama.” ShowsCertainComedyStyleDramaRhythmPace Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both countries. So much of the comedy that comes out of Canada is impersonation - it's less 'look at me' than it is 'look at me playing other people.” PeopleThinkingLooksCountryEyeCertainViewsComedyBirdBritishCanadaLook At MeObjectivity Author:Eric McCormack
“Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.” NeedsSeemsCertainComedyDramaAesthetic Author:Rob McElhenney
“One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.” FeelsPlayFilmCertainComedyTelevisionAmountDramaEntertainmentSpontaneity Author:Glenn Howerton
“I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind of self-effacing cynicism among all Hoosiers.” ThinkingFeelsKindSelfCertainGrowing UpComedyGrowingCynicismIndianaHoosiers Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Romantic comedies are built to be light. They're built for a certain buoyancy.” LightCertainComedyBuiltBuoyancy Author:Matthew McConaughey
“In romantic comedies there's a certain ceiling and a floor that you can't necessarily love as hard, or hate as hard, or have as much pain, because you sink the shop of the romantic comedy. But in a certain drama, like some of the ones I've been doing, the ceiling and the floor was my own. And in many ways, that was a higher ceiling and a lower floor, so that was more of a band-with for those emotions.” WayHardPainCertainHateMy OwnEmotionComedyHigherDramaBandShopsCeilings Author:Matthew McConaughey
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.” MenSaidLightCertainHouseLinesComedyFansFootballNewsAreasPoliceWestWittyHearingLondonSavingSoccerAnalysisOperaFrankPenaltiesStolenLiverpoolTuesdayGoalkeepersPorscheWhereaboutsAnfield Author:Declan Lynch
“Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.” PeopleMomentsFormCertainNextLaughingComedyCryExpressionTheaterCombinationMaking People LaughCombiningAstounded Author:Aleksey Igudesman
“There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.” AbleJoyCertainSpeakGoneComedyHavensLike YouGoes OnDramaDancingDepthRhythmEnjoyableAutopilot Author:James Wolk
“I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and it’s okay. It’s not promoting it or making it seem cool. I think that’s when you get into hot water.” ThinkingSeemsCertainWaterLaughingComedyLike YouOkayHotRejectsPromotingMake You LaughHot Water Author:Michael Pena
“I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.” KnowsKindPlayCertainOpportunityActingRolesKnow HowGrowing UpSawsComedyGrowingComedian Author:Steve Buscemi
“I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.” HumansCountryCertainFoundWonderComedyTroubleConditionsCarLuckAccidentsDriversHuman ConditionBad LuckPathos Author:John Prine
“I make comedies and I always try... I don't try but I allow to have at least 5% of the jokes or have some jokes that I know will be understood by only about 5% of the audience. It's that guy in the corner who gets it and laughs. But he has to have his jokes too. That's part of my audience. Part of my audience is the people who will only get certain things.” PeopleKnowsTryingGuyCertainAudienceLaughingComedyJokesUnderstoodCornersThat Guy Author:Alexander Payne
“In Maureen Owen's perfectly titled Erosion's Pull, words and lines map, unmap, and revamp our everyday postcontemporary geographies: ironies and ambiguities, surrealistic conundrums, kaleidoscopic comedies, puzzlements, certain and uncertain loves and losses.” CertainLinesLossComedyEverydayIronyMapsUncertainGeographyAmbiguityErosionLove And LossConundrums Author:Susan Howe
“I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.” IfsThinkingWayHumansKindPlayCertainSportsEmotionComedyTragedyStructureDepthGreekHeightHuman EmotionsGreek TragedyGood SportsSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“When certain people hear "'SNL' comedy," rightfully so, you expect it to be a certain kind of goofiness.” PeopleKindCertainComedySnlGoofiness Author:Will Forte
“For me to put a look together, if it's going to be a boy look or a girl look or whatever, is quite a tricky thing to do. I'm not doing drag because drag is seen in a certain way and my comedy has got zero to do with what I'm wearing. I could wear an elephant suit and say the same thing.” IfsWayLooksTogetherCertainGirlBoysComedySuitsThings To DoZeroDragElephantsTricky Author:Eddie Izzard
“Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects considered to be a male preserve. Women can talk about sexuality and their bodily functions and it can be very, very entertaining. It's changed the impact of comedy acting.” YearsTodayCertainActingComedySubjectsChangedParticularFemaleYears AgoFunctionImpactMalesSexualityPreservesEntertainingBodily Functions Author:Patrick Stewart
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingDifferentCertainFallActorsDifficultLaughingComedyKeysDramaNotesResponseRhythmInstantGet AwayFlatsSensibilityOrchestraGood WritingGreat ActorsComedicMake Someone Laugh Author:Aimee Garcia
“MY ACT IS 'NOTHING BUT COMEDY. I TALK SOUTHERN BECAUSE I PICKED IT UP WHEN I MOVED TO THE SOUTH. IM NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY SOCIAL POLITICAL POINT, NOR AM I TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF REDNECKS. I GREW UP A COUNTRY KID AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE. I GREW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT SAID CERTAIN THINGS FUNNY AND I PREFORM USING THE SAME LANGUAGE BECAUSE I FIND IT HYSTERICLE. THATS IT. ITS A COMEDY SHOW THAT IS FUNNY AND THATS IT.” PeopleTryingSaidCountryShowsKidsPoliticalCertainLanguageFunSocialComedyGrewGrew UpMovedSouthSouthernRedneckComedy Shows Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“Awkwardness is where tension is, and tension is where the story is. It's also where the comedy is, which I'm interested in; when it resolves it tends to resolve toward melancholy, a certain resignation, which I find interesting as well.” WellsStoriesCertainInterestingComedyTensionResolveMelancholyResignationAwkwardness Author:Lorrie Moore
“The government will pay certain farmers to not grow corn. Wow. Where's my check? That'd be great. "Hey, what do you do for a living?" "Well, I don't grow corn. Get up at the crack of noon, make sure there's no corn growing. I'm gonna get up early tomorrow. And not plow. You know, we used to not grow tomatoes-but there's more money in not growing corn."” KnowsWellsGovernmentFunnyUsedCertainGrowsPayComedyGrowingTomorrowChecksGet UpHeyCracksFarmersWowMore MoneyCornNoonTomatoesLive WellUp Early Author:Brian Regan
“I'm a comedian. I make comic films and there are certain ideas that occur to me that are comic, with heavy, serious undertones. There are some ideas that are more frivolous to me. The next idea that could occur to me could be comedy about death and famine or something.” IdeasFilmCertainNextComedySeriousHeavyComicComedianFamineFrivolous Author:Woody Allen
“I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would.” ThinkingKnowsWantJobsCertainComedySubjectsBe GoodBroadsGood Job Author:John Carpenter
“I can do comedy but it's a certain type. I'm not a physical comedy guy. I'm not Will Ferrell - there's just this crazy and get naked and run through the thing screaming. That's just not my style; my style is drama or - I'm not slapstick.” I CanRunningGuyCertainCan DoComedyCrazyStyleTypeDramaNakedSlapstickPhysical Comedy Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I see parody as another form of comedy. If you are making a comedy, there are a lot of different ways to do it. I'm not necessarily always aware of my quote-unquote persona when doing things like that. It's more, "What does the character need at the time?" I'm certainly drawn to certain types of material, there's no doubt about that.” IfsWayNeedsDoeDifferentCharacterFormCertainDoubtComedyMaterialsTypeDifferent WaysNo DoubtPersonaParody Author:Bruce Campbell
“I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first. I can't say exactly why, and it's kind of a bummer... But I also can't explain why the wallflower girl in the romantic comedy always gets the guy in the end. That's just the way those movies go.” ThinkingWayFirstsKindI CanDifferentEndsGuyCertainDiesGirlComedyTypeGenreThrillersBummer Author:Katie Aselton
“It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.” PeopleLooksMadeChristianCertainBeliefFunSidesChallengesComedyCoreHaving FunCore Beliefs Author:Corbin Bernsen
“There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.” IfsSelfCertainComedySceneConsciousLet MeSelf ConsciousTruism Author:Ari Graynor
“As somebody who wanted to be creative, growing up, I remember always thinking that the thing I had going against me was Orange County because it seemed like all of the comedy was coming out of New York, and it still is, to a certain extent.” ThinkingStillsWantedRememberCertainCreativeGrowing UpComedyGrowingNew YorkComing OutBe CreativeOrangeCountyAlways ThinkingOrange County Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.” PeopleIfsHomeCertainEasyStepsComedyPatternsRelateNeighborhoodMutualBack HomeMazesTracing Author:Sylvester Stallone