“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookVoiceComedyAdultsIntelligentLike MeEditorsHappy EndingsQuirky Author:Elinor Lipman
“There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.” KnowsWatchesComedyGlad Author:B. J. Novak
“I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.” IfsKnowsWantActorsActingDoubtComedyDramatic Author:Chris O'Dowd
“And Barry Levinson is insanely funny. I don't know if you know this, not everyone does, but he and Craig T. Nelson were a comedy team back in the coffeehouse days of the late '60s.” IfsKnowsDoeComedyTeamLateNelson Author:Kevin Pollak
“I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.” KnowsLooksKindSometimesPlayCharacterFunEnjoyWorryComedyToo MuchRiskDeludedPhysical ComedyWorrying Too Much Author:Amy Poehler
“You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.” KnowsWantGivingWellsKindIdeasOrderChanceAnswersComedyTelevisionDramaGive MeSeriesNo Idea Author:Michael J. Fox
“I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.” KnowsHumorFunnySongBrainComedyIslandsThemeTriangles Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?” KnowsComedyBabyCleanSmellShirtsCleaningDid You Know Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoneCharacterKidsLevelsRoomsDarknessComedyComplexesRelateComplexityDe NiroComplex CharactersBelievability Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.” PeopleKnowsComedySpoiled Author:Matt Walsh
“I could keep trying to do the same kind of comedies. You know how it's going to go, and you can get an audience with it, but then I feel like a hamster on a wheel.” KnowsFeelsTryingKindAudienceKnow HowComedyWheelsKeep TryingHamsters Author:Vince Vaughn
“Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and vision. Liberal Arts is the best movie about college I’ve seen since I don’t know what...Dryly affectionate and super-sharp. Elizabeth Olsen is every inch a star.” ThinkingKnowsArtStillsActorsStarsVisionKnow HowComedyCollegeShapesDirectorsArt IsInchesAffectionateJoshLiberal ArtsRare Things Author:Owen Gleiberman
“I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humor doesn't know what he's talking about.” KnowsArtI CanTalkingComedyStudentsHumourPhilosophical Author:Jackie Mason
“I feel like it's a dangerous and dark world if 'Sunny' becomes mainstream comedy. If you were to turn on CBS at 8 o'clock on Thursday and see an episode of 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia,' I don't know if I want to live in that world.” IfsKnowsWorldWantFeelsTurnsDarkComedyDangerousClockMainstreamEpisodesTurn-onSunnyPhiladelphiaThursdayDark WorldAlways SunnyAlways Sunny In PhiladelphiaSunny In Philadelphia Author:Rob McElhenney