“I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.” FeelsFacesComedyObviousBritishPullingDressingsShoutingDressing UpBombasticFunny FaceBritish Comedy Author:Ricky Gervais
“You don't want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well at it, great, if you fall on your face, you tried. Like, she's really terrible at comedy! Who knew? But if you didn't try and put yourself out there you'd never know.” IfsKnowsWantTryingWellsFacesFallChallengesComedyOne ThingTerribleYour FaceChallenge YourselfPutting Yourself Out There Author:Lucy Liu
“Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film.” FilmFacesCitiesComedyGenerationsChangedSitcomSnlFeySecond City Author:Janeane Garofalo
“One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.” CharacterShowsRealityFacesStarsSituationComedyMy FavoriteReactionsFavorites ThingsBanterMain Characters Author:J. J. Abrams
“Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.” ShowsFacesComedyComedy ShowsSketch Comedy Author:Kel Mitchell
“I know I can never work in a comedy because I can't keep a goddamn straight face.” KnowsI CanFacesComedyBecause I CanStraight Face Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.” ThinkingRealFacesComedyYour Face Author:Wanda Sykes
“I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny.” FacesUsedComedyChangedUsed To Be Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“I think the best kind of comedy is the least self conscious. I think if you just sort of let the comedy happen without the elbow nudge, did you get it, did you get it. I love straight face comedy or subtle - relatively subtle comedy.” IfsThinkingKindSelfHappensFacesComedyConsciousSubtleSelf ConsciousElbowsNudgeStraight Face Author:Betty White
“Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was born in Kenya.” FacesPoliticsBornGoneComedyMissingNewsHarderClintonIdeologyConvinceFoxesKenyaFox NewsPartisanshipMiss Me Author:Barack Obama
“Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.” FacesResultsComedyDecidedIndividualityOscarsFrozenTrust MeLet It Go Author:Pharrell Williams
“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.” PeopleThinkingI CanCharacterHelpingTogetherFacesEnjoyLaughingComedyTalentGreat ThingsReally GreatMaking People LaughGrandioseFamily TogetherOddballsDwight Author:Rainn Wilson
“Life is a double-faced creature; one face is tragedy, the other one is comedy. We have no way but to face the first face with dignity!” WayLifeFirstsFacesLife IsComedyCreaturesDignityTragedy Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I love straight-face comedy or relatively subtle comedy. And then I turn around and I find myself doing very broad comedy but it's all fun and you have to keep your sense of humor and not take yourself seriously.” FacesTurnsFunComedySubtleBroadsSense Of HumorStraight Face Author:Betty White
“You learn to laugh at yourself and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.” KindSelfFacesStuffLinesLaughingComedyNeededCrossesEdgesComedianCrutchesLaugh At YourselfSelf DeprecatingLearn To Laugh At Yourself Author:John Cena
“You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.” FacesComedyDirectorsCastsFakePretty Face Author:Chris Rock
“I was talking to my friend and he said his girlfriend was mad at him. I said, "What happened?" He goes: "Well, I guess I, uh... I guess I said something, and, uh... and then she got her feelings hurt." That's a weird way to phrase it: "She got her feelings hurt. I said something, and then she..." Could you more remove yourself from responsibility? "She got her feelings hurt." It's like saying, "Yeah, I shot this guy in the face, and then I guess he got himself murdered. I don't know what happened. He leaned into it."” KnowsWayWellsSaidFeelingsFunnyFacesGuyHurtResponsibilityTalkingComedyHappenedShotsMy FriendsYeahMadPhrasesGirlfriendRemoveThis GuyHurt FeelingsMad At Him Author:Louis C. K.
“People are too afraid of uptown. A lot of people will tell you, like, "Don't go to Harlem. You can never go there. 'Cause as soon as you get there, they kill you." That's what people think. As soon as you arrive in Harlem, someone just stabs you in the face right away. That's people's image of Harlem: just everyone standing around waiting for lost white people to kill all day. "Did you see any? I didn't either."” PeopleThinkingFunnyFacesLostCausesWaitingWhiteComedyStandingHarlemUptown Author:Louis C. K.
“I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.” FunnyFacesDiesHurtComedyPaidHotGladPocketsBack Hurts Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in Europe or America or Japan, so my movies are very international.” DifferentAmericaFacesComedyEuropeInternationalJapanSlapBelgiumSlap In The Face Author:Jean-Claude Van Damme
“I don't have the body or the face for romantic comedies, so I've never been offered those. The challenge is that a lot of people see you only as your last character, so you're constantly competing with whatever your last movie was.” PeopleCharacterBodyLastsFacesChallengesComedyCompeting Author:Glenn Close
“I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are licking peanut butter off my face.” WantTwoFacesKnownComedyShoesPuppyPeanutsPeanut ButterLickingGoody Two Shoes Author:Kevin James