Quotes about "Humor & Comedy"

I want to do comedy films, serious films - I admire the actors who fly under the radar but get loads done, pop up in a lot of good films. ”

I love comedy. I love the absurdity of it. I love the kind of intelligence that's required to be dumb in comedy. ”

In my opinion, where comedy sequels tend to go bad is that they get sillier and lighter. ”

Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy. ”

Comedians who aren't screenwriters are telling jokes that they themselves think are funny. They're expressing their own view of what they think funny is. ”

At some point, and maybe it's a function of age, you've had enough of it. You start to slide in other directions. A lot of comedy writers begin to turn the dial. With me, it was a switch. Comedy off. Drama on. ”

I'm a big believer in comedy writers. I've always defended the honor of all comedy writers. It's extremely difficult, but I've always felt that comedy writers far more easily can move toward drama than vice versa. ”

However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be. ”

Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place. ”

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny. ”