“We as comics do want an immediate response from the audience. It's really quiet on the set, and there are only the producers, and the director, so a comic is looking for someone to give a reaction, even if it is the camera guy.” IfsWantGivingGuyAudienceQuietDirectorsCamerasResponseReactionsProducersComic Author:Cedric the Entertainer
“Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.” BookUsedHavensComicComic BookBack In The Day Author:Danai Gurira
“I've never been to Comic-Con, but I'm certainly aware from this side of the Atlantic that it's a very important part of film marketing now, even when the films are not directly linked to a comic.” ImportantFilmSidesMarketingComicLinkedComic Con Author:Alex Garland
“As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.” PeopleTryingSaidShowsWantedSleepHeardHarmComicGunshots Author:Billy Gardell
“Look, you know, you can't please everybody. I'm a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn't matter how funny you are and how well you do, there's two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.” PeopleKnowsWellsLooksTwoMatterHateWalksPleaseComicHate You Author:Billy Gardell
“My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.” LongBookAgeLyingNightFatherNovelFiveMysteryTelevisionBedComicAwakeComic BookSpyAll NightMystery Novels Author:Sherman Alexie
“Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I really wouldn't want to go anywhere near it at all, although on the other had I wouldn't mind having a crack at something like the Punisher.” MenWantWritingMindLiteratureUltimateComicCracksX MenMarvel ComicsPunisher Author:Garth Ennis
“I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material available to you now in comic form - in this medium - and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out.” WorldWantGivingFormSupportMaterialsAdultsAvailableMediumsComic Author:Will Eisner
“... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth express an interest in science or art. No one even talked politics. It was all idleness, and whenever I asked someone a question, no matter how simple, no matter how well the person spoke English, there was always a long pause before I got a reply, and I found these Pacific pauses maddening. And there was giggling but no humor - no wit. It was just foolery.” WellsPersonsLongArtBookMatterCultureReadingFoundInterestSimpleSawsHeardYouthWitComicSpokesComic BookPausesIdlenessPacificMalaiseFoolery Author:Paul Theroux
“I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.” WantTryingComic Author:Zach Galifianakis
“As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.” ThinkingWorldFirstsActorsLostStuffLosesKnownComedyThis WorldHollywoodComicComedic Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.” IfsKnowsMenYearsPlayTurnsActorsLeftStageDramaIntelligentTablesComicHyperStage ActorsYuppiesScumbags Author:John Michael Higgins
“I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.” YearsBookWrittenScriptsComicComic BookAnimationSequels Author:Carl Hiaasen
“For me, the reason to make the movie is that if people like the comic, then people would like the movie if it was well made. There are good movies for them, but very few. And I mean that in a true sense. If they love your story for freaking 30 years, then they can do a movie about it.” PeopleIfsYearsWellsMeanMadeReasonStoriesCan DoLove YouComicGood Movie Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.” PeopleThinkingBookAmericaComicComic BookMiceMickeyJuvenileConnotation Author:Mark Hamill
“I think 'Comic Book: The Movie' is the apex of my career in terms of making a personal statement that has significance to me and resonates with biographical detail about not only my career, but all the people that I've worked with in my career. All of it's riddled, on- and off-camera, with people I've known and worked with for decades.” PeopleThinkingBookTermKnownCareersCamerasDetailsDecadesStatementsComicSignificanceComic BookAnd OffApexPersonal Statement Author:Mark Hamill
“I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning of filmmakers find what's acceptable on the printed page is very difficult to bring to film.” WellsBookFilmDifficultNumbersPagesComicFilmmakerAcceptableTranslateComic BookPrinted Author:Mark Hamill
“When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician.” ThinkingLongBookKidsArtistMusicianLong TimeComicComic Book Author:Daniel Johnston
“I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think.” ThinkingFeelsMatterActorsSeriousComicRangeArtificialClassification Author:Jeffrey Jones
“I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?” MenLittlesBigsGuyForceSituationElementsDefeatScriptsComicLittle Man Author:Toby Jones
“I was the youngest kid on my street, the youngest comic in the clubs. I always felt like I was playing catch-up. I was very angry.” KidsFeltStreetsAngryClubsComic Author:Jay Mohr
“I read 'Scarlett' recently, and that was a killer comic book. The 'Black Widow' was pretty rockin'. There is a big list of killer chicks that are just rockin'.” BookBigsBlackListsComicKillersComic BookChicksWidowsBlack Widow Author:Stana Katic