“My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.” I CanPainHurtComedy Author:Bernie Mac
“A hilarious academic novel that'll send you laughing (albeit ruefully) back into the trenches of the classroom. . . . [A] mordant minor masterpiece. . . . Like the best works of farce, academic or otherwise, Dear Committee Members deftly mixes comedy with social criticism and righteous outrage. By the end, you may well find yourself laughing so hard it hurts.” WellsMayEndsHardSocialHurtNovelLaughingComedyMembersCriticismDearFinding YourselfAcademicClassroomRighteousMinorsCommitteesIt HurtsMasterpieceOutrageBest WorkTrenchesFarceLaughing So Hard Author:Maureen Corrigan
“I was talking to my friend and he said his girlfriend was mad at him. I said, "What happened?" He goes: "Well, I guess I, uh... I guess I said something, and, uh... and then she got her feelings hurt." That's a weird way to phrase it: "She got her feelings hurt. I said something, and then she..." Could you more remove yourself from responsibility? "She got her feelings hurt." It's like saying, "Yeah, I shot this guy in the face, and then I guess he got himself murdered. I don't know what happened. He leaned into it."” KnowsWayWellsSaidFeelingsFunnyFacesGuyHurtResponsibilityTalkingComedyHappenedShotsMy FriendsYeahMadPhrasesGirlfriendRemoveThis GuyHurt FeelingsMad At Him Author:Louis C. K.
“Black people have slavery. And white people have our own thing-stuff we went though that hurt us that we have to cope with. Like when they took our slaves away. That was really hard for us. So it's pretty even.” PeopleHardFunnyStuffBlackHurtWhiteComedySlaverySlaveBlack People Author:Louis C. K.
“I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.” FunnyFacesDiesHurtComedyPaidHotGladPocketsBack Hurts Author:Jim Gaffigan
“It's hard to see potential in a rough cut - especially with comedy, which is hit or miss. This is where my lack of experience hurt me - not in the execution of the final product, but with my expectations for it in the early stages of post.” HardHurtComedyCuttingStageMissingProductsExpectationsFinalsPostsRoughExecutionHurt Me Author:Desiree Akhavan
“It doesn't hurt my feeling when I get vilified by fundamentalist religious people. I've actually made comedy out of it. I've made light of that.” PeopleMadeFeelingsLightHurtReligiousComedyFundamentalistHurt My Feelings Author:Richard Dawkins
“So, you don't have laughs as a reference point any more, it becomes a bit of a science after that. And the last thing, you would love to be able to depend on a sense of spontaneity, but hours of waiting and then hours of repetition are not conducive to spontaneity so those are your obstacles. On the other hand it's a lot of fun. Plunging into a bit of physical comedy and abandoning all dignity, no one can really hurt you much after you much after that, once you've done it.” DoneHandsAbleLastsFunBitsWaitingHoursHurtLaughingComedyDependsDignityObstaclesRepetitionSpontaneityHave A LaughPhysical Comedy Author:Colin Firth
“I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter men. It adds to the humour.” PeopleMenMindNextHurtComedyHumourAddHeightTallCastingHurt MeTall Women Author:Allison Janney
“Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.” CharacterHurtSituationComedyLondonBrokeTransformedStarvingCharlieComedicTrampsChaplinBad Situations Author:Chris Tucker
“I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!” WayKindMadeCharacterHurtComedyFiguresExpectationsWork OutHopefulGrantsTomsHurt MeMegUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mindy Kaling
“When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show for an hour - it's a big difference. It's annoying - your feet hurt, your back hurts - it's just not the most comfortable way to see stand-up comedy.” WayShowsBigsHoursDifferencesHurtDealsComedyFeetComfortableStandingAnnoyingBig DealStand Up ComedyBack Hurts Author:Joe Rogan
“A big reason why we were able to and have been able to continue to succeed is that we had a very intense work ethic, right from the beginning. There was a do-or-die attitude toward the work. It wasn't seen as a little "club." It was like, "This is your life." We would spend hours and hours rehearsing and endlessly rewriting. We took it very seriously right off the bat. And we were also extremely critical of each other, which was another thing that was unique. A lot of comedy ensembles have a hard time being critical of each other, because they don't want to hurt each other's feelings.” ReasonFeelingsHoursHurtAttitudeComedySucceedUniqueEthicsIntenseHard TimesWork Ethic Author:Michael Showalter