Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a guitar. We all thought we'd be rock stars. Then I got into comedy, but I'd always find a way to use my guitar, such as writing songs and doing musical parodies. ”

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable. ”

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. ”

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. ”

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me. ”

I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures. ”

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too. ”

John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning. ”

I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day. ”

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. ”