Quotes About Comedy

The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.

Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.

I had my serious side - I idolized Bobby Kennedy; he was my role model. But so was Jerry Lewis.

I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side.

I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress.

Not by any means do I think that I'm The Rock or Mark Wahlberg. I understand that I'm not like them, being a leading guy, but I'm a great comedy sidekick, and, who knows, I can be in the X-Men or something.

I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.

I am interested in complex characters who are difficult and have numerous sides. But I would love to do a comedy role - something maybe 'Monty Python'-esque.

Being on 'The Office' prepared me for drama. Comedy got me ready, but once you get down to it, they're two sides of the same thing. I mean, the delivery has to be different - in drama, there's more time to breathe, and comedy's all about hitting the joke.

There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love each other and help each other, kind of like a messed up extended family.

I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.

I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.

I'm like a sight gag.

We became very good in developing comical sight gags when we made 'The Flintstones.'

When you are bringing a love story to screen, how do you embody desire and love? How do you get away from the conventions of romantic comedy where it's love at first sight?

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.

Good rom-coms have some reflection of the way things are, the sign of the times.

When did I become a fast-talking Jew? As time went on, my bits started to become longer, and that became part of the signature.

Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.