“I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy.” ThinkingMadeArtistDecisionComedyHumourConsciousComic Author:David Shrigley
“A really good stand-up comic is a poet; it's about the use of language. It can be really poetic. And I like politically conscious comedy.” UseLanguageComedyPoetConsciousComicPoeticUse Of Language Author:Sherman Alexie
“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
“Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious, then we wind up very highly sexual, and then we thug it out. Then things get a little funny again, with comedy and that kind of thing.” KindLittlesCultureGrowsComedyStageWindConsciousHip HopHipsBreathingHopsThug Author:KRS-One
“[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use your gift for being able to let loose and be very unself-conscious. It took me time though before I was really able to get comfortable doing that.” NeedsKindUseAbleCreativeComedyCollegeSkillsComfortableConsciousBe CreativeBoston Author:Amy Poehler
“There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.” IfsSelfCertainComedySceneConsciousLet MeSelf ConsciousTruism Author:Ari Graynor
“It's definitely been a conscious decision to seek out roles that are different, in any way, from anything that I've done, just to prove to myself that I can do it and to challenge myself. If I can, then great, it will open up those doors and just prove to other directors and peers that I am, in fact, available for things other than comedy.” IfsWayI CanDifferentDoneFactsCan DoChallengesDecisionRolesComedyDoorsDirectorsProveConsciousAvailablePeersI Can Do It Author:Malin Akerman
“My two souls, the socially conscious one and the lighthearted one, are always in my movies because they find a perfect habitat in my grotesque style, which combines tragedy and humor, irony and sarcasm, comedy and drama. I also feel that rules are made to be broken, especially in art! I prefer creative disorder to strict rules.” ArtSoulPerfectCreativeComedyStyleBrokenDramaConsciousTragedyIronySarcasm Author:Lina Wertmuller
“I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes.” WayHumorFunnyNightGirlComedyConsciousToesSeductionRespondingSkillfulTagCaressThis Girl Author:Emo Philips
“I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.” SometimesUsedHoursConsciousnessFiveComedyConsciousWake UpConclusionAllergiesSneezing Author:James Thurber