“I just finished 'Butter' for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast - Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone - all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I've gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. 'Butter''s about butter carving in Iowa.” EarthFunStarsComedyLuckyMembersIncrediblesCastsFinishedDown To EarthIowaCarvingWildeAll StarsOliviaCast Members Author:Ashley Greene
“I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.” PeopleKnowsShouldMomentsInterestingQualityComedyCarLuckyCinemaInsisting Author:Daniel Bruhl
“I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very short list. I think that was all good fortune.” ThinkingComedyNew YorkLuckyFortuneListsGood Fortune Author:Anne Beatts
“I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I'm so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.” ShouldFightingForgetAcceptingComedyLuckyHollywoodHong KongSo Lucky Author:Jackie Chan
“I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them. No one believes this, but it's the same. I'm the same person, trying to make it work. I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.” TryingBelievePersonsBigsFilmLove IsComedyLuckyBudgetsDistinctionMovie Sets Author:Richard Linklater
“As long as I get to be doing what I love, which is making comedy and that kind of thing, I feel lucky that I get to.” FeelsKindLongComedyLucky Author:Andy Samberg
“The movies I've done with Wes [Anderson] have a much different quality than some of the more broad comedies. But what is interesting is how many sequels I've done. I've worked with Ben [Stiller] a million times now, and this is yet another sequel we're doing. I guess we're lucky to be in some movies that people wanted to see again.” PeopleDifferentDoneWantedInterestingQualityMillionsComedyLuckyBroadsSequels Author:Owen Wilson
“I feel like we have so many different ways to express ourselves now, and I relish, I feel very lucky to be doing comedy.” WayFeelsDifferentComedyLuckyDifferent WaysRelish Author:Nick Kroll
“In the comedies I've been lucky enough to be a part of a world like Judd Apatow's, where I believe comedy comes from real people.” PeopleWorldBelieveRealEnoughI BelieveComedyLucky Author:Jonah Hill
“There are many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than (mine), and I also remind myself of that every day. No matter how frustrating this can be, I am very lucky that I have been able to cobble together a little life, in which (comedy) is what I do. I am certainly not in danger of getting stuck in a mine anytime soon.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensMatterAbleTogetherJobsMillionsComedyDangerMinesLuckyHarderStuckFrustrating Author:Chris Gethard
“Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].” KindTwoShowsSituationComedyLuckyDivorceAll KindsComedy Shows Author:Fred Armisen
“I did the Daily Show, and then I did Air America Radio, and I realized that I was lucky enough to have a job where I could get information to people. But those spaces weren't appropriate to then tell people what to do - they were corporate enterprises. My main job was to be funny, so I was trying to figure out, how can I combine all the things I love - comedy, feminism, calling out bullshit - into a creative space that other creative people would want to join in and help out?” PeopleWantTryingEnoughHelpingShowsJobsAmericaSpaceCreativeComedyAirFeminismFiguresInformationCallingLuckyRadioI RealizedCorporateEnterpriseAppropriateBullshitCreative PeopleThings I LoveDaily ShowCreative SpaceAir America Author:Lizz Winstead
“If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.” IfsWantI CanActionFilmRomanceGirlCan DoCareersGrowing UpComedyGrowingWindEasierMetsLuckyActressesTolerateThrillersAction FilmsComplete Me Author:Sandra Bullock
“I was so thankful that I got to go back to comedy and I felt bad that I had abandoned something that I guess I was naturally given and lucky to have an loved all of my life, but didn't love it anymore because I didn't get to do it the right way.” WayGivenFeltComedyLuckyAbandonedRight Way Author:Sandra Bullock
“To succeed in comedy you ultimately have to put in the hours and get lucky - The amount of people who are able to break through is so small a fraction of the amount of people trying.” PeopleTryingHoursBreakComedyLuckySucceed Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I've talked to a lot of other women in the field of comedy and none of us feel like being a woman has been a barrier to success in our lives. I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since. So I'm not surprised by all the articles, but I don't know if it's necessarily true. It's not like we haven't been around.” DoneEnoughComedyLuckyBarriers Author:Samantha Bee
“What I found most fun is just trying to get other people to crack up. That's always something that will help a movie and I've been lucky enough to have been able to work with some incredibly talented, collaborative comedy people in all of the stuff that I've been in. If you can get people laughing, cast or crew, you're going to have a good end product.” PeopleTryingEnoughHelpingFunLaughingComedyLucky Author:Joe Lo Truglio
“I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since.” DoneEnoughComedyLucky Author:Samantha Bee
“The Larry Sanders Show сhanged my life. I am so thankful that - I mean, go figure. Most people are lucky to get one good series, but I got two ground-breakers. I just knew when I read that "Hey Now" script that something was afoot. Those were seven of the greatest years of my life. I learned so much, and it affirmed everything I thought comedy was. It was really a tremendous experience.” PeopleMeanComedyLuckySeven Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“We used to get 27, 28 minutes to do a story in, and now they're lucky if they get 18 or 20 minutes. So I don't think they can really do a beginning, a middle, and an end anymore. There's an awful lot of one-line jokes; almost every line is a punchline. It's not the same, but there's still good comedy around.” ThinkingComedyLuckyJokes Author:Dick Van Dyke
“I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.” HumorFunnyComedyLuckyBarsSinglesGumStools Author:Emo Philips
“I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.” TryingNightComedyLuckyBarsGumHopping Author:Emo Philips