Quotes About Comedy

Comedy isn't just timing; it's about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little.

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

There are certain people I'd absolutely love to work with. I was a huge fan of 'Two and a Half Men.' The comedic timing was so perfect on that show. So maybe that show or maybe 'Modern Family.' Both of those shows have great casts.

I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing, they know all of these things that you can only learn by telling a story out loud and interacting with an audience.

I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had to come up with my own jokes.

But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is stand there and take it.

I mean, comedy's hard. If you go back and look at the first season of 'Seinfeld,' it's a work in progress and that's what happens. It just takes time for people to figure each other out, and figure out timing, and to develop creatively with the writers.

Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.

I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon.

Comedy can be more difficult than drama. It requires more attention to timing. In the theater, you're always dependent on the audience for the energy, but in comedy the feedback you get is more important. You can judge by the quickness and the length of the laugh just where you stand with the audience.

I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.

There are some people who were born with good timing, and I think my comic timing is pretty solid.

Rhythm and timing are so important in comedic acting.

Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'

I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos.

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

Showing fear is like having comedic timing because I think actors have a tendency to go way over the top with it, and that sort of loses steam for what's going on. The audience sees right through that and laughs at you, so it is something that I'm aware of.

I think I get credit for my timing because most of the time, I really have no idea where I'm going with it.

Comedy and music are so similar because it's all about timing.

There's some actors that go easily between drama and comedy because they play the naturalism of the role, and they just have natural timing.

To do a film with Govinda, who is a legend in that genre, whose timing is impeccable was challenging.

I am genuinely interested in comedy and I know that I have good comic timing as well.

Comedy's all math, figuring out the timing.

The audience has reacted well to my comic timing. But, I also have other aspects to my acting talent.