“25, 30 years ago, that meant something, they were making some money. And they were doing all sorts of comedy, screaming at the audience, basically crowd control. And then there was the whole urban comedy scene.” YearsWholeAudienceComedySceneYears AgoCrowdsUrban Author:Bob Saget
“Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.” WayTryingKindStoriesGoalEmotionClearComedyCuttingAchieveFiguresDramaScene Author:Luke Wilson
“Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy.” ShowsRunningActorsComedyDramaSceneOne DayLowsPerformancesTragedyFarce Author:Dick Cavett
“I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy actually for the audience that's there.” FeelsAudienceComedyScenePureChicagoShowcase Author:Jake M. Johnson
“A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.” IfsLongActingMoralTeachComedySeriousPleaseScene Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.” GivingComedySceneCommit Author:Jennifer Garner
“He very nearly stole a scene in my movie, and I didn't call him on it because I was just like, Hey, I saw some stuff on SuperDeluxe and how many different films do you have on there? And he goes, This one, this one, Comedy by Numbers and this one and one called 'Bob Pitches a Movie.' And I'm like, Oh! And then I was thinking he would say, which is very similar to the one to the one I did in your movie, but he never did. I just let it go. I don't care.” ThinkingDifferentCareFilmStuffNumbersSawsComedySceneDon't CareHeyI Don't CareBobLet It GoJust Let It Go Author:Andy Dick
“I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought it was the springboard for chatting about the show, because in England, that's what you do. So I walk in, and I'm looking around, and Jimmy Burrows said, "What are you looking at? You're not here to have a conversation; you're here to audition."” WritingYearsSaidShowsMy OwnWalksComedySceneTenConversationEnglandLondonPerformingCheerAuditionsJimmyChattingComedy ShowsSpringboards Author:Shelley Long
“Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only had a scene for 15 years.” YearsComedySceneSouthBrandsSouth AfricaBrand NewStand Up Comedy Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.” WayLongSaidUseSchoolActingComedyDramaSceneLong TimeTendenciesTragicThey SaidTutorFlippant Author:John Bradley-West
“The actress (Heidi Swedberg) is this wonderful girl, and ... I love her! i couldn't figure out how to play off of her. Her instincts for doing a scene - where the comedy was - and mine were always misfiring.” LovePlayGirlComedyWonderfulFiguresMinesSceneInstinctActressesHeidi Author:Jason Alexander
“You learn so many different skills on the show «Merlin». You're constantly asked to do green-screen, horse riding, comedy scenes, dramatic scenes, everything. The ability and the skill to adapt under a tight schedule is one that I'll definitely take away.” DifferentShowsAbilityComedySceneSkillsHorseGreenScreensDramaticRidingShow MeSchedulesHorse Riding Author:Colin Morgan
“I wasn't a trained actor, I was trained in musical comedy theater, and when you do that, the audience is completely part of the thing. It's like Elizabethan theater. You play the scene, and then you turn - the audience is part of it.” PlayTurnsActorsAudienceComedySceneTheaterMusicalElizabethan Author:Christopher Walken
“I think I'm not uber into the comedy scene, but I love to laugh, especially in our business, where you're always front and center over an extremely, sometimes overly-critical live audience. I think it helps to laugh.” ThinkingSometimesHelpingAudienceLaughingComedyFrontsSceneCriticalUber Author:John Cena
“For years, Blockbuster Video has edited movies. Like The Bad Lieutenant, when he's masturbating while the girls in the car are doing the thing. I rented it from Blockbuster and sped to that scene, and it was gone. I called up Blockbuster, and I'm like, "I got an erection, and the scene's not there."” YearsFunnyGirlGoneComedyCarSceneVideoEditedBlockbusterLieutenantsSped Author:Louis C. K.
“I did some writing for that movie. The remake of Planet of the Apes. I didn't write the script. But I wrote some lines that they ended up... not using. ... I wrote one line. I thought it would've been perfect. I don't know if anyone saw the movie. It's the scene where the ape general comes in. And they're trying to decide if they should attack right there, or wait until a little later. And I wrote: "Man these bananas are good!" But they didn't use it. I did all of that research.” IfsKnowsMenShouldWritingTryingLittlesUseFunnyWaitingLinesPerfectSawsComedyPlanetsSceneResearchScriptsApesBananasRemakesOne Line Author:Brian Regan
“Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.” KindRealUseComedySceneHarderTechniqueBeing Real Author:Jack Nicholson
“Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, Maybe it works, but in comedy, when you're doing it, either it works or it doesn't. You have to keep doing it until it does, and the requirement is more.” LooksDoeDifficultComedyDramaSceneRequirements Author:Jack Nicholson
“In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way.” IfsWayAmericaUsedGivenDealsComedyViolenceSceneGunWow Author:Scott Thompson
“I think a shot can actually influence a scene in a huge way. For example, comedy is always better in a two-shot. What's between the characters is what's funny. So you learn about these things as you go along.” ThinkingWayTwoCharacterComedyInfluenceExampleHugeSceneShots Author:Emily Blunt
“Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.” GivingYearsAbleStarsAbilityAudienceComedyTalentSceneExcitingWelcomeCooksRemarkablePerformersGiftedDelightedHboShowcase Author:Chris Albrecht
“A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.” LoveFunnyGuyHopeComedySceneWittyOther GuysFunny Life Author:Bob Hope
“When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene. You feed off of them, laugh. But in film when everyone's quiet, it's all about timing. But the key to that is to be authentic. Be in the moment, and if you play the moment truthfully, the humor will be there.” IfsPlayMomentsFilmActorsAudienceLaughingComedyStageKeysSceneQuietTiming Author:Wendell Pierce
“There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.” IfsSelfCertainComedySceneConsciousLet MeSelf ConsciousTruism Author:Ari Graynor
“We will be looking at things like the confluence of a scene, and we still have all these creative decisions to make. In general, we're going to just try to make these under a half-hour. We're going to try to take that kind of cable TV comedy model.” TryingKindStillsHoursDecisionHalfCreativeComedyTvsSceneModelsCablesHalf HoursConfluenceCable Tv Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“[In comedy] you never want to leave the actors hanging out to dry. So you need to come up with funny individual stories for each character, and then you do this sort of comedy geometry, weaving them together. Once you've got a funny structure and you know why the scenes are funny, then you get super funny people to say your own lines, say their own lines, say things in their own way, and every scene is a live rewrite in front of the camera.” PeopleKnowsWayWantNeedsCharacterStoriesTogetherActorsIndividualLinesComedyFrontsSceneCamerasStructureCome UpDryHanging OutGeometryWeavingFunny PeopleSuper Funny Author:Jeff Schaffer
“I remember like that scene with Pharrell where they're at the music video shoot, we have this on camera actually, Pharrell's confused because we weren't doing the script. We were doing all this improv and then Diddy says to him... Pharrell's like I don't understand what's going on and Diddy goes, "We do a lot of improv". (laughter) I remember being we just made him into a comedy nerd. We somehow turned Sean Combs into a comedy nerd, so.” MadeRememberComedySceneLaughterCamerasScriptsVideoConfusedNerdSeanCombs Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.” IdeasComedySceneComedic Author:Matthew Lewis
“When you're doing physical comedy, everybody's involved, not just the actors. Everybody's behind the scenes following them, and we've got Jillian the cinematographer running after them, then we've got three guys behind her who are cable-wranglers running with her so she doesn't trip on it. Every day was a mad-dash to the finish line. Every day was so stressful. Every day was so fun.” RunningGuyThreeActorsFunLinesBehindsComedyInvolvedSceneMadFollowingCablesStressfulBehind The ScenesFinish LineCinematographersPhysical ComedyWranglers Author:J. Robert Spencer
“[Beaches] is a pretty picture and I just liked having somebody like Bette [Mudler] who can be flying in the big comedy scenes and have her do more like a realistic part.” BigsComedySceneFlyingBeachRealisticPretty Picture Author:Garry Marshall
“The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against some of the funnier comedies this year. I think it's genuinely really funny, but it's out of the gallows.” ThinkingWayYearsComedySceneGallows Author:Ti West
“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