“There was something about that form of comedy that's just difficult. It never really felt like you could just fully commit to all the colors that you carry with you.” FormFeltDifficultComedyColorLike YouCommit Author:Donal Logue
“I got, like, Diane Keaton's manager, and she was very connected; she had power. And she was like, "Your star is in tears on this comedy. Do you even notice that at all?"” StarsComedyTearsLike YouConnectedManagers Author:Roseanne Barr
“I keep doing specials because I think there are a lot of people who make movies and TV who are fans of comedy - if they start to like you, they'll get a project going and call you in.” PeopleIfsThinkingComedyFansTvsLike YouProjects Author:Bill Burr
“Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.” WorldFeelsTryingStuffTermComedyCreationLike YouSellsPitchingProactive Author:Anna Faris
“There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.” AbleJoyCertainSpeakGoneComedyHavensLike YouGoes OnDramaDancingDepthRhythmEnjoyableAutopilot Author:James Wolk
“I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and it’s okay. It’s not promoting it or making it seem cool. I think that’s when you get into hot water.” ThinkingSeemsCertainWaterLaughingComedyLike YouOkayHotRejectsPromotingMake You LaughHot Water Author:Michael Pena
“I like the honesty of standup comedy. People don't fake laugh. If they're truly laughing at you, you know they like you.” PeopleIfsKnowsLaughingComedyHonestyLike YouFake Author:Brian Regan
“You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are just concentrating on 'ok, let's worry about just comedy today,' and there are days when you're like 'you know what, we gotta just beef up the story.'. But, it's not like process wise it's that technically separate. One informs the other, so they kinda all happen together ideally.” KnowsMeanStoriesHappensTodayTogetherProcessWorryComedyWiseLike YouOutlinesBeefConcentrating Author:Todd Phillips
“I love the impatience of New York... You ever had somebody not ask you for directions, but demand them? You're just innocently walking down the street, you hear a horn, all of a sudden some guy's like, 'HOLLAND TUNNEL!!!' ...You know, like you were supposed to fax this guy directions. Suddenly, you're wasting HIS time.” KnowsFunnyGuyAsksComedyStreetsNew YorkLike YouWalkingDemandThis GuyHornsImpatienceTunnelsHollandFax Author:Jim Gaffigan
“You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do it! We're praying for you." The advice starts. "Use a heavier ball." "Keep your arm straight." "You should get a vasectomy." If you're really bad at bowling like me, they'll ask if want the bumpers up. Not that bowling is that complex anyway. "You want the bumpers? We can get rid of the pins. Why don't you take this coloring book and sit in the corner?"” IfsWantShouldBookUseFunnyAsksCan DoComedyGroupsWorstAdviceLike YouArmsPrayingTreatsBallsComplexesCancerCornersLike MeYou Can Do ItPinsBowlingBumperBowlersPraying For YouVasectomy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“They always give you three ketchup packets. When you go back up and ask for more, the guy handing them out always treats you like you're taking from his personal stash. "Looks like my kids aren't having ketchup tonight."” GivingLooksKidsFunnyGuyThreeAsksComedyLike YouTreatsTonightKetchup Author:Jim Gaffigan
“You ever mix two different groups of friends? That can be stressful. You always feel like you have to prep 'em. You're like, "These people over here, uh, they don't think I drink. And don't be thrown by my British accent."” PeopleThinkingFeelsTwoDifferentFunnyComedyGroupsLike YouDrinkBritishThrownEmsAccentsStressfulPrepsGroup Of Friends Author:Jim Gaffigan
“When you go out there to do comedy, you feel like you're doing battle with the audience a lot of the time. You're either going to get 'em, or you're not.” FeelsAudienceComedyLike YouBattleEms Author:Rob Riggle
“I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.” PeopleFeelsAbleNightAudienceComedyRocksFrontsLike YouBandHundredGet UpEvery NightCircuitsRock Bands Author:Sandra Bernhard
“I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and SNL and all that stuff really informed me as a writer and then at high school I started a satire magazine and the college like The Lampoon really introduced me to like you know a lot of very like-minded people who really wanted to like comedy was the center of their lives.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveI CanWantedSchoolRememberReadingStuffCan DoComedyCollegeLike YouHigh SchoolFirst TimeMagazinesSatireBrooksDaveBelieve You CanPythonSnlMonty Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I also love doing comedy. I just moved to L.A. last July. Before that, Vancouver is all about sci-fi, so I didn't get any comedy, whatsoever. But in L.A., people are like, "You don't look quirky enough," and I'm like, "I'm quirky. I'm the definition of quirky. How do you want me to look quirky." They have these little boxes that they put everyone in, so now I have to try to break the mold and get them to see me as being quirky.” PeopleWantTryingLooksLittlesEnoughLastsBreakComedyLike YouMovedDefinitionsBoxesSci FiWant MeJulyMoldYou Want MeQuirkyVancouverDo You Want Me Author:Tinsel Korey
“I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the stuff that interests me. I don't necessarily think that comedy comes from a dark place, like you have to be a strung-out heroin addict. But I don't think it comes from happiness, that's for sure. It comes from frustration and suppressed rage, and wishing the world were different.” ThinkingWorldWayBelieveDifferentHappinessWishStuffInterestDarkComedyLike YouRageUncomfortableFrustrationAddictPointingEmbarrassmentHeroinDark PlacesAwkwardness Author:Christian Finnegan
“There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics, but that feels real - like you're playing a real person who has real thoughts and feelings, and it's very grounded. I started to watch all comedy through that prism.” WayFeelsPersonsRealFeelingsFacesWatchesComedyLike YouSillyGroundedClownThoughts And FeelingsReal PersonPrismsAntics Author:Andy Daly
“It's funny how people will think I'm being sarcastic a lot and joking. So I'll say, "I like your dress," and they'll go "(bleep) you!" Or I say something serious and they go, "Oh, yeah, ha-ha." They're strangers. They're people who know me from comedy, but luckily I am on pretty much all the time!” PeopleThinkingKnowsComedySeriousLike YouDressesYeahStrangerSarcasticKnow MeI Like YouBeing Sarcastic Author:Sarah Silverman
“When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City to see the classic 'Paradigm Lost' revue - with Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff. It blew my mind, and proved to me you can do sketch comedy like you're doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night.' We could treat it like theater.” MindLongNightLostCan DoCitiesComedyJourneyCollegeLike YouTreatsTheaterClassicChicagoParadigmImprovisationKevinRoad TripLong DayFeySketch ComedySecond CityTroupe Author:Mike Birbiglia
“When you only hang out with performers, you start to feel like movies and TV and comedy is everything. Especially being in LA, where it feels like you walk into a coffee shop and you see 15 laptops with screenplays being written.” FeelsWalksComedyWrittenTvsLike YouCoffeeShopsHanging OutPerformersScreenplaysLaptopsCoffee Shop Author:Gillian Jacobs
“The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also am a very sensitive person and have many heavier feelings. It can be tiresome after a while to only do comedy, especially after you grow as a person. It starts to feel like you're playing an older version of yourself.” PeopleFeelsPersonsFeelingsJoyGrowsComedyAliveLike YouVersionsSensitiveBubblesTiresomeSensitive Person Author:Jenny Slate
“Somehow that doesn't feel like a natural human thing to do, to go to those dark places, you have to kind of force yourself to do that. And comedy, it's like you're excited to get there in the morning every day.” FeelsHumansKindForceNaturalDarkMorningComedyLike YouExcitedThings To DoDark Places Author:John C. Reilly
“I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind of a big, crazy Back to the Future comedy. So, of course, it's the Civil War - I play the banjo. I was just having a conversation with one of the producers about some of the material and he was like, 'You know, we have to work in a scene where you play the banjo. And I was like I'll get behind that.” KnowsKindWarPlayBigsCoursesBehindsComedyCrazyMaterialsLike YouSceneConversationScriptsProducersCivil WarBack In TimeBanjosGo Back In Time Author:Ed Helms
“I think comedy because of the Internet it has a bigger audience, a bigger fan base. It has fans that understand comedy more than any generation before because there is more guys like you, more guys like me, more guys like Louie CK who talks about it a lot. When you get a chance to see perspective that I don't think you ever got to see before.” ThinkingGuyChanceAudienceComedyGenerationsFansLike YouPerspectiveInternetBiggerLike Me Author:Joe Rogan
“I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.” PeopleFeelsPlayBigsAbleFunRoomsComedySweetLike YouJokesAreasTheaterClubsSpotsIntimacyHallsPool Author:Michael Che