Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character. ”

When you shoot a special, you have no idea what's going to happen, and the fact that I got to do the first one with Comedy Dynamics was a roll of the dice. It was a game changer for me professionally. ”

Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival. ”

I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle. ”

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh. ”

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit. ”

It's funny, you know: my mother-in-law, who doesn't have an ounce of nerd in her, is just so excited by the fact that I write 'Batman' because she'll see an article about me in the 'Washington Post' or 'The Wall Street Journal' or something. And that means so much to me. ”

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending. ”

I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me. ”

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious. ”