I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy in with my drama. – Amy Sherman-Palladino
I’m not a big comedy show-watcher, but I love Ricky Gervais’ stuff and Sacha Baron Cohen’s things. But I’m not an expert on them. I’ve seen them once. – Chris Lilley
If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy. That’s the comedy that I like. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne. – Aubrey Plaza
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. – Chuck Jones
Here’s the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it’s rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them. – Ben Feldman
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else. – Aaron Allston
I did comedy and parody television in the ’70s. I was a liberal Democrat, and it was a very heady year. – Chevy Chase
Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around. – Adam McKay
I’m gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they’re all free and clear, I’ll write a comedy. But I’m not there yet. – Alice Sebold
I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
My background is in musical comedy. I didn’t know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff. – Christopher Walken
Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what’s serious. I think that’s true. Sometimes things are really funny if you’re absolutely earnest. If you’re really serious, it’s hilarious. – Christopher Walken
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. – Bjork
I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I’ve seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they’re told they are supposed to be playing comedy. – Bea Arthur
I’ve been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy. – Andrew-Lee Potts
I think comedy is one of the hardest things to pull off. You either have timing or you don’t, and that’s something I don’t have for sure. – Ari Millen
Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then. – Craig Brown
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It’s harder. – Ben Kingsley
