“I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but I go to the movies and then wonder - I asked myself the same question, and I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, why have we gone there? It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap.” MatterFactsSeemsEasyStuffWatchesGoneComedyAirAskingUnfortunateMatter Of FactSwearingHboPrudes Author:Brian Lamb
“Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored.” PeopleSeemsGuyTalkingForeverComedyRight NowBoredFunny Guy Author:Bob Saget
“It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.” PeopleFirstsSeemsWantedComedyBe GoodComedian Author:Wanda Sykes
“Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.” NeedsSeemsCertainComedyDramaAesthetic Author:Rob McElhenney
“Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem to be lacking, the special effects alone are well worth the price of admission.” LifeWellsMaySeemsRomanceLife IsFictionFantasyComedyMysterySpecialEffectsDramaHorrorTragedySuspensePlotLackingDoseAdmissionSpecial Effects Author:Derek R. Audette
“When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel.” FeelsLooksSeemsPurposeHouseComedyImpossibleDespairAwfulVoidBlackness Author:Stephen Fry
“In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself.” SeemsWhiteComedyTimingTiming Is Everything Author:Brian Williams
“It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a joke or a show from scratch, because the audience knows the plot. Just mention what is going on and then deliver the punch line.” KnowsWritingDoneShowsSeemsDifficultLinesAudienceComedyEasierJokesPlotScratchesComedy Shows Author:Robert Orben
“I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.” CharacterSeemsRolesComedyDetailsDevelopingDramatic Author:Kaitlyn
“Disasters are funny to me. As a comedian you learn from failure, so I'm always trying to put myself in a situation that does not seem ideal for my comedy and see how it works.” TryingDoeSeemsSituationComedyIdealsDisasterComedianAlways TryingLearning From Failure Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre. The mix seems to work well.” WellsStillsShowsSeemsComedyBizarreComedy Shows Author:Aaron Belz
“Most books that come out with a comedy label seem to be, Eric [Wareheim] and I could have written, "This is our story, and this is who we are," and sort of this navel-gazing, narcissistic approach to comedy we're seeing these days.” BookStoriesSeemsComedyWrittenSeeingApproachLabelsThese DaysWho We AreNarcissisticEricGazingNavelNavel Gazing Author:Tim Heidecker
“I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy and not be funny. My spirit can't take it.” PeopleWantSeemsSpiritComedySmartFunny People Author:Sarah Silverman
“Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.” FirstsShowsSeemsLastsGivenChanceComedyFemaleSpeciesAppearanceSecond Chance Author:Jo Brand
“Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing.” KindTwoSeemsHalfComedyTraditionCrowdsJewelsOxfordCambridgePythonMonty Author:Rowan Atkinson
“It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.” PeopleHelpingSeemsMightFilmEnjoyForgetDealsIssuesComedyIntellectualAwfulLemonadeEscapists Author:Woody Allen
“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'd played a lot of best friends, and/or bad guys, which seems to be my lot in life. In romantic comedies there's always a best friend and the woman has a best friend and they always antagonise each other and then they end up together at the end of the movie.” EndsSeemsTogetherGuyComedyBad Guys Author:Rob Corddry
“I love comedy and drama equally and music too. I just sort of follow my nose to whatever seems really exciting at the time. Eventually, I might want to do a rock opera.” WantSeemsMightComedyRocksDramaExcitingNosesOpera Author:Jack Black
“It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to open up in my comedy work and just go all out, take chances, and have fun with the performance aspect of that.” KindSelfProblemSeemsAblePastFunChanceComedyStrangeAspectPerformancesHaving FunTake A ChanceStrange Things Author:Amy Poehler
“When you see Charlie Chaplin, he stays funny. He doesn't become drama, and so what really seems to endure is comedy.” SeemsComedyDramaEndureCharlieChaplin Author:Leslie Nielsen
“When television killed comedy and love stories, the movie makers went in slugging. They offered the downbeat, the degenerate as competition. This seems to me to be a sad campaign for Hollywood to use to combat box office disaster.” StoriesUseSeemsComedyTelevisionOfficeHollywoodAnd LoveCompetitionBoxesCampaignsDisasterLove StoryMakersCombatDegeneratesBox Office Author:Joan Crawford
“I really gravitate to the comedy of tonal contrasts. I hope that doesn't sound insufferably pretentious. What I mean is people having reactions to things that seem inappropriate, or being happy in an apparently unhappy situation.” PeopleMeanSeemsSoundSituationComedyUnhappyReactionsContrastPretentiousInappropriate Author:Matt Nix
“It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.” TwoStoriesSeemsFormCoursesComedyJokesExclusive Author:Demetri Martin
“I don't have a favorite genre. I mean, I always sort of base it on instinct. And it does seem to be that after I finish something that is very dramatic, I end up inevitably wanting to do a comedy or something like that.” MeanDoeEndsSeemsComedyInstinctGenreDramatic Author:Carla Gugino