“I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.” KnowsLooksKindSometimesPlayCharacterFunEnjoyWorryComedyToo MuchRiskDeludedPhysical ComedyWorrying Too Much Author:Amy Poehler
“Don't take yourself too seriously. It just makes life all the harder. It'll all come out in the wash anyway, because God's glory eventually will eclipse everything that goes wrong on this earth. Lighten up and learn to laugh at yourself. None of us is infallible. We make mistakes in life, and more often than not, they're funny. Sometimes, being your own source of comedy is the most fun of all.” SelfSometimesEarthFunMistakeLaughingComedySourceGloryHarderMaking MistakesInfallibleEclipseLaugh At YourselfLife MistakesWe Make MistakesLearn To Laugh At Yourself Author:Luci Swindoll
“The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is really introspective and has soft music in the background. Either that or it's played for comedy. The British are kind of hung up about sex. They find it kind of titillating and they make jokes about it because they're nervous.” KindRealSometimesSexComedyJokesBritishBackgroundsNervousSubtleShyInterpretationHungIntrospectiveCinematic Author:Steve Coogan
“I never wanted to do just comedy or just drama; sometimes, going back and forth you can get yourself in trouble which happened to me on other things so you're always trying for a delicate balance - I also think that they compliment each other so well.” ThinkingTryingWellsSometimesWantedComedyHappenedTroubleBalanceDramaComplimentDelicateBack And ForthAlways Trying Author:Mike Binder
“It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.” FeelsSometimesTermComedyChangedFingersPulse Author:Bobby Lee
“Well, the film's not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it's pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies. I had never read anything like this until I was doing the film, but Mark [Joffe, the director] and people showed me stuff where, like a flood, it mattered where the water came from. If you're flooded from above, you get the money; if you're flooded from below, you don't. What's that about?” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsSometimesFilmStuffWaterChurchCompanyComedyDirectorsMarkFloodInsurance CompaniesPomposity Author:Billy Connolly
“It's kind of a camaraderie in the comedy community, people are kind of proud of how badly they go down sometimes, and it's quite nice to join in with that.” PeopleKindSometimesCommunityComedyNiceProudCamaraderie Author:Amy Hoggart
“Sometimes with a comedy it's just having the instinct of how real you play it and what level you want it.” WantRealSometimesPlayLevelsComedyInstinctReal You Author:Robin Williams
“What's important on a comedy show, or any show, is that some stories have to go somewhere. There have to be ends to the beginnings and middles you create. But sometimes it's like a way station on the highway, then the actual thing doesn't have to be this giant, climactic, life-changing, game-changing thing.” WayImportantEndsSometimesStoriesShowsGamesComedyLife ChangingGiantsStationsHighwaysWhat's ImportantComedy Shows Author:Michael Schur
“sometimes in comedy you can make the audience feel poignancy stronger than you can with tears or anguish.” FeelsSometimesAudienceComedyTearsStrongerAnguishPoignancy Author:Shelley Winters
“Sometimes I wonder about the people who can do very reflective work about their own ethnic group or their own families, or comedies that take place in the life that they've grown up in. That's a very special fortitude. Other brains have a curiosity for what they don't know - the life they're not leading.” PeopleKnowsSometimesCan DoBrainWonderComedyGroupsSpecialCuriosityFortitudeSometimes I WonderEthnic Groups Author:Debra Granik
“If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.” PeopleIfsFeelsHeartKindSometimesViewsComedyStrangeComfortableUniversalPoint Of ViewCommitRelateHittingUniversal Truth Author:Vince Vaughn
“The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are just a piece of their puzzle.” SometimesWholeActorsComedyPiecesDirectorsProducersPuzzles Author:Dane Cook
“I think that sometimes, romantic comedies have to be really broad, and that the plot of people falling in and out of love or whatever is not enough. Enough Said had that stuff, but I wanted it to be fun and funny while also grounded in reality.” PeopleThinkingSaidSometimesEnoughRealityWantedFallFunStuffComedyPlotBroadsGroundedEnough Said Author:Nicole Holofcener
“People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.” PeopleRealSometimesRealityPoliticalPoliticsMoneyPartyDemocracyComedyWallTaxesSocialismIdeologyCall MeFree SpeechSocialistPolitical PartiesFree Market Author:Barack Obama
“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.” LooksLittlesSometimesBigsBeautifulGuyStarsComedyRocksSweetTheaterBlowSmokeComedianRock StarCablesGlamorousGlorifyReally BeautifulMisty Author:Louis C. K.
“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.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“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
“I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.” SometimesGuyActorsComedyComedianBroads Author:Matthew Lillard
“I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.” PeopleSometimesFunnyNamesWishBrainComedySmartIntelligenceWittyCall MeComplimentHilariousBeing SmartSpellingBrianWordplaySmartnessName CallingFunny Clever Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.” WorldSometimesDifficultComedyGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Jonathan Banks
“For me and most of my friends who are comedians, if you've been doing comedy for a while, your tolerance for things actually moves. I find it very hard to be shocked, and when other people aggressively take offense to something, I'm sometimes confused.” PeopleIfsSometimesHardMovingComedyMy FriendsToleranceComedianConfusedOffenseShocked Author:Demetri Martin
“The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.” PeopleWantIdeasSometimesAnswersComedy Author:Bo Burnham
“I don't care if I tell that story and John Roderick gets up afterward and yells, 'I hope you enjoyed the white privilege, mortality comedy of John Hodgman!' That's me!" I'm going to play a sad Handsome Family song at the end and I guarantee you everyone is going to love it because, sometimes, you need a grown man or woman to tell you what you like.” IfsMenNeedsEndsSometimesPlayStoriesCareSongWhiteComedyPrivilegeDon't CareGet UpEnjoyedI Don't CareGuaranteesMortalityHandsomeWhite PrivilegeGrown Man Author:John Hodgman
“I think I'm not uber into the comedy scene, but I love to laugh, especially in our business, where you're always front and center over an extremely, sometimes overly-critical live audience. I think it helps to laugh.” ThinkingSometimesHelpingAudienceLaughingComedyFrontsSceneCriticalUber Author:John Cena
“Sometimes I feel like I'm making a connection with a stranger, but then it turns out I'm not. Like, I was in a mall, and I saw this lady hitting her kid. So I went up to her, and I was like, "Yeah, get him!" She got all mad at me. I was like, "I'm on your side here."” FeelsSometimesKidsFunnyTurnsSidesSawsComedyConnectionsYeahMadStrangerHittingMallsYour Side Author:Demetri Martin
“Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say, "I'm not racist, but you look great today." They say, "That wasn't racist at all." I said, "I know. I said I'm not racist. You never listen. Typical Mexican."” IfsKnowsWantLooksSaidSometimesTodayFunnyAttentionComedySentencesRacistTypicalMexican Author:Demetri Martin
“Sometimes I become the comedy jukebox. I read the emails, people give me requests.The shows are just amazing; they're packed with people and they're so much fun to do.” PeopleGivingSometimesShowsFunComedyGive MeEmailRequestJukebox Author:Pablo Francisco
“Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography.” ThinkingWayWarSometimesHumorFunnyHistoryComedyTeachingHumourArmyComedianGeographyFunny RelationshipFunny ComedianGeography Teachers Author:Paul Rodriguez
“The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.” MenLoveSometimesMatterLove IsComedyStageTragedyNow And ThenFuryMischiefSirens Book:Bacon's Essays: Top Essays Source: Bacon's Essays: Top Essays
“I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while men in comedies get to do all the fun, silly stuff and muck around. Sometimes you just have to search hard for a role or create one for yourself.” ThinkingMenSometimesHardEyeFunStuffQualityRolesComedySeriousCastsActressesSillySilly Stuff Author:Isla Fisher
“I don't do sketch anymore and sometimes I miss it. But I think what I really miss is that time in my life, it was kind of like college. No kids, no real responsibilities, just comedy, food and late nights.” ThinkingKindRealSometimesKidsNightResponsibilityComedyMissingCollegeLateLate Night Author:Alex Borstein
“Germans try to categorize films: in a comedy, you just laugh and in a drama, you're not allowed to laugh. I don't believe in that, sometimes we laugh and cry in the same hour.” TryingBelieveSometimesFilmHoursLaughingComedyCryDramaDon't Believe Author:Fatih Ak?n
“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
“Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.” FirstsSometimesLaughingComedyDirectors Author:Tina Fey
“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
“Sometimes just being an immigrant, I read things the wrong way, and that can be funny. Or I'll put the emphasis on the wrong word, and that can be funny. I have an affinity for comedy because I like to watch them. It's an honor to make comedies because I love being able to pop something into the DVD player and laugh. I love doing it.” WaySometimesAbleLove IsWatchesLaughingComedyPlayerHonorPopsImmigrantsJust BeingEmphasisWrong WayDvdsAffinityWrong Words Author:John Cho
“I try to play the stiff, as much as I can, and play it dry, which is sometimes hard for me. My problem with comedy is to want to clown it up, but she's the funny one. Those are her jokes, not mine. For me, it's a lot of not doing anything. I just don't want to muck it up.” WantTryingI CanSometimesHardPlayProblemComedyMinesJokesDryClown Author:John Cho
“The work I'm doing on the screen differs from that of anyone else. My comedy is of a peculiar nature...no writers have been developed along the lines of my type of comedy and this is why I sometimes have differences with writers, supervisors and directors alike.” Has BeensSometimesDifferencesLinesComedyTypeDirectorsScreensPeculiarSupervisors Author:W. C. Fields
“I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.” MeanSometimesActorsLinesActingComedyBottomComedianTruthfulBottom LineBeing Truthful Author:Eddie Izzard
“Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much.” WayLittlesSometimesComedyToo MuchFashionStudiosCycles Author:Scot Armstrong
“People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with a flute making no sense. And it's very easy to be like, yeah, that's not really comedy.” PeopleMenSometimesWould BeUsedFunEasyComedyCrazyYeahAlternativesFlutesBeing FunnyCrazy Man Author:Eugene Mirman
“My comedy is unapologetic and fearless. Like, sometimes you'll wind up having condomless sex with someone that you probably shouldn't. I'm interested in sharing that part of myself unapologetically so that other people will hopefully feel better.” PeopleFeelsSometimesSexComedyWindHopefullyFearlessFeel BetterUnapologetic Author:Amy Schumer
“Even if you get a joke right you've done it a thousand times and sometimes there's times where it just doesn't work or someone doesn't agree with you. And I want to show that. I have had more hecklers because that's part of comedy is arguments, you know?” IfsKnowsWantSometimesDoneShowsComedyThousandJokesArgumentAgreeHecklers Author:Godfrey