Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing. ”

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references. ”

It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure. ”

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule. ”

I feel like I don't really have a sense of humor... I don't know if I could characterize it dark or light. I just - I do like humor. ”

I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance. ”

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny. ”

I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny comedy, gender-bending, twisting comedy, whatever comedy is out there. ”

Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy. ”

Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful. ”