Quotes About Comedy

Improvising with Mark McKinney, my childhood guru, is a dream.

Some deeper part of me wants to write comical dialogue; I'd be foolish to not follow that impulse. Now I recognize that if there's energy to a section of work, you go where the energy is. It's a living thing, and you just follow it.

'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion.

The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago.

In my opinion, where comedy sequels tend to go bad is that they get sillier and lighter.

Deborah Francis-White makes everything better in my opinion.

In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me!

I don't feel the same pressure to be perfect up there that I did in the beginning.

Compared to the other work I've done on TV, 'Breaking Bad' was funny. In the beginning, I described it as a dark comedy.

Inappropriate behavior makes me laugh.

I love inappropriate humour.

If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.

I think nudity is funny, especially when it's inappropriate.

I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate.

Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate.

I love comedy with a passion, and I hope that shows in my work. I would never want to move an inch away from comedy. What I want to do is continue to grow and extend myself, so if anything, I'm adding things on.

Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.

Mimicry artistes and comedians are supposed to incorporate incidents around him in his acts in a satirical way. For that, he should be well aware about the things happening around him.

Growing up, we loved 'The Royle Family'. Caroline Aherne, she was just incredible.

Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.

Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.

It's funny: When I first heard they were thinking of me for the president in 'Independence Day,' I just assumed it was a comedy - I didn't exactly think of myself as leader-of-the-free-world material.

I keep saying this to everyone: 'Grand Masti' is a family film that the entire family needs to watch - independently!

La prima: mai scegliere l'umorismo se non siamo certi di saperlo maneggiare. L'ironia è la sorella laica della misericordia; il sarcasmo, il fratello antipatico dell'intelligenza.