“I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.'” UsedWatchesComedyDramaticForrest Gump Author:Evan Peters
“Wayne's World' is my all time favorite comedy. I used to watch it on VHS on repeat with my brother when I was ten years old.” WorldYearsUsedWatchesComedyBrotherTenAll TimeMy BrotherRepeatsWayneAll Time Favorite Author:James Lafferty
“I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.” PeopleWantedUsedComedyHeardSouthernAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.” KnowsWantFirstsWholeUsedActorsAudienceComedyImagineWeekFirst TimeExcitingCamerasShockRehearsalChaoticOld DaysSitcomStunningMinstrels Author:William Shatner
“The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.” UsedSituationComedyPlotThreateningSitcom Author:Peter Tork
“I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny.” FacesUsedComedyChangedUsed To Be Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“I used to go to the Improvisation Comedy Club every night in Times Square. How I didn't get killed in that area either means that 1) God is watching over me or 2) I am so insignificant to God that he didn't bother having me killed.” MeanUsedNightComedyAreasClubsBotherSquaresEvery NightInsignificantImprovisationTimes SquareComedy Clubs Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.” BookBigsUsedComedyComicThemeComic BookUsed To Love Author:Jamie Hewlett
“Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy.” WayStoriesFilmUsedStuffComedy Author:Lynn Shelton
“I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.” ThinkingUsedWishComedyTragedyClever Book:A Murder of Quality Source: A Murder of Quality
“I used to feel this need to prove to people that I can do something dramatic. But, the truth is that I don't know if I can. I don't think I have it in my skill set. It would be great, but I do love making comedies. It's been so much fun for me, and I hope that I can continue to do it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsI CanWould BeUsedFunCan DoComedyTruth IsSkillsProveDramaticCan Do SomethingLove Making Author:Anna Faris
“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.” StillsHumorFunnyUsedComedyDrug Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day.” HumorFunnyRememberUsedComedyHotYeahUsed To Be Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to write scripts for television. I wrote for my comedy act. Then I wrote screenplays, and then I started writing New Yorker essays, and then I started writing plays. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the New Yorker essays, but they were comic. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the '90s. In my head, there was a link between everything. One thing led to another.” WritingLongPlayFormUsedComedyOne ThingTelevisionLateLong TimeScriptsComicProseLinksEssaysScreenplaysNew Yorkers Author:Steve Martin
“I can juggle. I started juggling as a kid. And when I worked at Disneyland, I knew a juggler there named Christopher Faire, and he taught me how to juggle. I used it in my comedy act for a while.” I CanKidsUsedComedyTaughtDisneylandJugglingJugglers Author:Steve Martin
“I can't believe we got grades in gym class. I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in front of a room full of strangers. Based on what I learned in gym class, I will throw a red ball at a fat guy."” BelieveI CanFunnyUsedGuyRoomsClassComedyFrontsRedStandingBallsStrangerFatsGradesGymGym Class Author:Jim Gaffigan
“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
“In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way.” IfsWayAmericaUsedGivenDealsComedyViolenceSceneGunWow Author:Scott Thompson
“It's usually very, very hard for me to pick up a script that was written and try and see myself as a part of that, especially when you're used to performing all your own material. It's OK with drama, I like being handed great material but I think with comedy it's far more personal and probably a lot harder for me to find a fit.” ThinkingTryingHardUsedComedyWrittenMaterialsFitDramaPicksHarderScriptsPerforming Author:Eric Bana
“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
“I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts.” YearsWellsUsedArtistNightNextIndividualComedyGreaterGroupsTelevisionGrewDramaCreatingGrew UpTheaterContributionOne NightGood RelationshipCreating Something Author:Howard Shore
“I used comedy as a way to combat my dyslexia. I was barely getting by scholastically, so I used a lot of humor.” WayUsedComedyCombatDyslexiaBarely Getting By Author:Joel McHale
“I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.” PeopleUsedGamesComedyStudentsMomPagesRedBillsCreditJackieCarols Author:Bernie Mac
“I used to see Jim [Carrey] in comedy clubs and tell him 'This isn't going to get you anywhere. What you're good at is that nice Jimmy Stewart stuff.' Thank God he never listened.” UsedStuffComedyNiceClubsThank GodJimmyComedy ClubsJimmy Stewart Author:Jane Leeves
“I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known for doing a lot of comedies in England, so I don't think that would have worked. I completely went from scratch, with this one, and used the research and what was in the script, and spoke to Chris. It's all from in my mind ,rather than drawing from previous experiences or roles.” ThinkingMindDoneCharacterUsedKnownRolesComedyDrawsResearchEnglandScriptsDrawingSpokesScratches Author:Tamsin Egerton
“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
“The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it, and Monty Python used to be on PBS at weird hours, so I used to try to watch that. And I loved George Carlin on SNL, that was the first stand-up I ever really remember seeing on TV. And then Steve Martin. I guess I was in fifth or sixth grade when Steve Martin showed up, and he was instantly my idol. And Richard Pryor around the same time too, I sort of became aware of him, though I don't remember the first time I saw him.” TryingFirstsRememberUsedNightHoursWatchesSawsComedySeeingTvsFirst TimeBillsUsed To BeGradesIdolsSaturdayFifthSaturday NightStand Up ComedySaturday Night LivePythonSnlSixth GradeMontyPbs Author:Louis C. K.
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza