“When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.” FirstsPlayCharacterDesireActingComedyTheaterMusicalTragicOperaMusical Theater Author:Leslie Easterbrook
“The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC's identity, to say, "We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business."” WantDesireComedyIdentityAdultsSophisticatedNbc Author:Amy Poehler
“An improper art aims at exciting in the way of comedy the feeling of desire but the feeling which is proper to comic art is the feeling of joy.” WayArtFeelingsJoyDesireComedyArt IsExcitingAimComicAestheticsComic Art Book:Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing Source: Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
“have you ever noticed how a man orders food at a fast-food drive-through window? ... men have an innate desire to be cute while placing their order through the drive-through microphone. It's as if they believe the invisible mike on the plastic menu screen is actually connected to a standup comedy stage somewhere in the recesses of the restaurant.” IfsMenBelieveDesireOrderComedyStageWindowConnectedScreensInvisibleCuteRestaurantsPlasticInnateMikeFast FoodMicrophonesMenusRecess Book:Marriage 911 Source: Marriage 911