Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

After the play of 'Fleabag,' we had conversations with different channels and with film companies about whether 'Fleabag' should be a half-hour sitcom, an hourlong, serialized drama, or a film. And I knew that it couldn't be a drama because I wanted to hide the drama - that had to be the surprise. I knew it had to be comedy. ”

I think it helped that 'Fleabag' had such a dramatic arc to it, even though it was disguised as a comedy. ”

Sausages are just funny. I don't know why. I can't explain it. ”

To me, most comedy is dark comedy. ”

I think there's something funny about people who laugh in the face of convention or surprise us morally. ”

Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. ”

It is utterly asinine that people continually go to comedy shows without bothering to see if their sensibilities line up with the comedians. ”

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else. ”

Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny. ”

A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated. So you can have 'Insecure' exist, you can have a '2 Dope Queens' exist, you can have 'The Mindy Project' exist - very distinct, funny voices from women and from people of color. ”