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It's funny: I don't know if she babysat, but I spent time with Judy Blume when I was little. ”
Steve Martin is a legendary actor and a wonderful person to work with. He's incredibly well prepared, and funny off the set. ”
For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages. ”
All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things are not in opposition. ”
There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor. ”
I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it. ”
I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. ”
I think that there's always a time to be tongue-in-cheek, and there's always time for humor, but there's a time to be serious and a time for emotional content. ”
One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis. ”
Comedy, when it works, is light on its feet and has the illusion of complete spontaneity: as if there is no film, no camera. You are standing there experiencing it all in real time. This illusion, I believe, is why so many people think comedy is easy. ”