“I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.” GrowsFeltComedyMaterialsEgoSelf Confidence Author:Joan Rivers
“If you're going to make a comedy and if your sole interest is in making people laugh and feel good and entertaining them, then you check your ego at the door.” PeopleIfsFeelsInterestLaughingComedyDoorsEgoChecksFeel GoodEntertainingSoleMaking People Laugh Author:Dwayne Johnson
“Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it. ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is our own character. ... In comedy we fall afoul of one another. Comedy depends on social life, on our behavior in groups. In tragedy you can observe one human against the gods. In comedy it's one human versus other humans and often one man (or woman if I'm writing it) against her own worst impulses.” IfsMenWritingHumansCharacterFallSocialComedyGroupsWorstDependsEgoBehaviorTragedyImpulseOne ManVersusFoeWirePitsSocial LifeMassage Author:Rita Mae Brown
“So welcome 'Damsels in Distress,' an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention... This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.” WorldTwoHoursPleasureComedyCollegeEgoFemaleSuicideMalesIntellectWitWelcomeBubblesDistressLimitlessInventingExhilaratingPreventionSparklingRetroDamsel In DistressMale Ego Author:Peter Travers
“My philosophy is that if you're playing a moment truthfully, that it's a funny moment, then hopefully it will be funny. I like to just go for a truth in the work as much as I can. There's a lack of ego when you're working with comedy that I really love. It's hard to come up with something funny. It's become a fun game in a way. Everyone is going for the gold, for that humor.” PhilosophyMomentsFunComedyEgoGoldHopefully Author:Peter Vack
“If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.” IfsAudienceComedyDoorsEgoShotsChecksCommitCliffsGreat TimesProverbialJumping Off A Cliff Author:Dwayne Johnson