There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Votes: 5
Erma BombeckLife is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. Votes: 5
Sholom AleichemTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. Votes: 3
Mel BrooksLife is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor. Votes: 3
RajneeshComedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. Votes: 3
Sid CaesarI keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs. Votes: 3
Demetri MartinI love going to the movie theatre, seeing live comedy, and going to amusement parks. Votes: 2
Jennette McCurdyMy comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Votes: 2
Adam SandlerThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. Votes: 2
James ThurberWhy don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge, and get over it Votes: 1
Christopher TitusIt was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band. Votes: 0
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituIf the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?
Camille FlammarionI've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.
Andrew Dice ClayI really love comedy. I love making people laugh. But other things also appeal to me.
Jennifer AnistonI feel like we can prove in real time the old trope that comedy is tragedy plus time.
Mike BirbigliaPeople think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul.
Richard LinklaterI've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.
Natasha RichardsonComedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.
Stephen ManganIt's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh.
Allison WilliamsComedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.
Margaret ChoEven in comedy it's important to get your body acquainted with what you're going to do.
Noureen DeWulfI like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I'm working on.
Taika WaititiT.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.
Thomas MiddleditchI grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.
Wendi McLendon-CoveyThe best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.
Alison PillI'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.
Anthony JeselnikIn Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that.
Charlie BrookerComedy is a cruel mistress, especially if you're already seeing a really cruel mistress.
Dov DavidoffComedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world.
Goldie HawnAs a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music.
John HodgmanNext up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'
Norman LearSit the comedy out, and that done, when the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.
Thomas FlatmanI always loved comedy, but it never seemed like something that I could do professionally.
Anthony JeselnikAnd you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.
Jennifer GarnerMost of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.
Marc MaronDoing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.
Morgan FreemanComedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.
Paula PattonIn a way, comedy is like sex. The more noise you hear, the better you think you're doing.
Ray Romano... life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at.
Robin MorganComedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.
Steve MartinMost of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.
Adam McKayWhole phases of comedy have become empty; the comic rejoinder has become every man's tool.
Constance RourkeI spend most of my time catching up on classic comedy - things you absolutely have to see.
Michael CeraI don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.
Noah HathawayComedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.
Steve MartinSelling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.
Bill MaherI think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from.
Carrie BrownsteinThe ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.
Signe BaumaneYou can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
Andrew DentonYou can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.
Chris RockComedy is not something that had necessarily jumped out as something I'd immediately go for.
Ed SpeleersIf you get too well-known in comedy, I do believe it blocks people from taking you in drama.
Eddie IzzardThe comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.
Edith HamiltonI wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy.
Garry MarshallThere is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject.
J. K. RowlingI was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
Jack DeeWriters of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
James ThurberI think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.
Julie WaltersComedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
Michael CaineI love broad comedy. It has its place. If I were to do that, I'd love to do physical comedy.
Rashida JonesYou know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.
Sharon GlessI'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.
David ReesI find it very difficult to be funny, it's much easier to do tragedy than it is to do comedy.
Eric DrookerI am always a great fan of keeping things on an eye level for comedy because it plays better.
James BobinWhen you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
Morris ChestnutI would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.
Rashida JonesDramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.
Rob McElhenneyI love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.
Shanola HamptonPeople don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound.
Ted AlexandroI enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy.
Adam SandlerDirectors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven.
Clifton Collins, Jr.I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
Dakota JohnsonI met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.
Harold RamisEvolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door.
Ivan ReitmanI used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.
Margaret AtwoodIt is doubtless a vice to turn one's eyes inward too much, but I am my own comedy and tragedy.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.
Sharon HorganI want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.
Bruce NashI enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination.
Bryan CranstonEverybody that you can think of that does comedy, I have met or worked with almost all of them.
Cameron EspositoI was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.
Don MostA good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.
George AdeI think comedy should be left up to the professionals, that way everyone's safety is protected.
Greg ProopsI think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.
Guy RitchieI really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.
Jason GannSome of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act.
Jim GaffiganThere's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy.
Nathan FillionI pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.
Chris RockWhen I slid into comedy, naturally the first thing I said was, "hello, I am a washed up rapper."
Doc BrownThey [ The Simpsons] are just like the Bible to me as far as what the high-water mark of comedy.
Eric AndreIt's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy.
George CarlinIn comedy, it's very, very important to be able to open up so that people feel they're included.
Ian McLeodListen, I'm a big fan of everything on NBC. When I think of comedy on TV, I really think of NBC.
Isaiah MustafaMy paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.
Jonathan WintersI'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.
Kathy GriffinI usually work from the inside out but sometimes in comedy it's fun to work from the outside in.
Michael ChiklisComedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.
AristophanesAs a comedian I appreciate every kind of comedy. You decide for yourself what you're going to do.
Jeff FoxworthyOne of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.
Jon HurwitzComedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.
Kate BushThe household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
Steve MartinI think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.
Ben BarnesI think comedy as an art involves the audience as a participant as much as is involves the artist.
Craig FergusonIt's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.
Elvis CostelloThat's what's nice about being on Comedy Central. You can't show your boobs even if you wanted to.
Ilana GlazerI want to do different projects and be versatile. I don't want to get fixed into narrative comedy.
Jason GannI used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.
John le CarreI consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
Kevin EubanksComedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.
Mike MyersIt's just fun to be on a movie set and looking to find the comedy in sweet, simple family moments.
Sean AstinMost parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.
Chris RockI knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.
Dat PhanPeople have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.
Gilbert GottfriedComedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, its the best feeling in the world.
Brandon Jay McLarenI am so happy that I married a comedy writer. He's never not without a joke. No matter where we are.
Christa MillerI wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.
David MorseI better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes.
Felipe EsparzaI don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.
Jessica WalterIt's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.
Jonah HillI'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.
Rick MoodyComedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.
Robin WilliamsI thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.
Rodney CarringtonThank you for listening to Comedy Bang Bang! My name is Scott Aukerman and I will see you next week.
Scott AukermanIt seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
Wanda SykesIt doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint. Votes: 5 Will Arnett
Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play. Votes: 6 Peter Shaffer
Some comedians will tour and do these classic bits all the time. But now with YouTube and Comedy Central, people see your stuff, and they don't want to hear you do that again. Votes: 4 Aziz Ansari
I used to go to the Improvisation Comedy Club every night in Times Square. How I didn't get killed in that area either means that 1) God is watching over me or 2) I am so insignificant to God that he didn't bother having me killed. Votes: 4 Gilbert Gottfried
My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. Votes: 3 Lynda Barry
I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.' Votes: 4 Louis C. K.
I enjoy doing these silly little videos, and a lot of stuff online is stuff I actually created for my live comedy shows. Votes: 2 Tom Lenk
We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous. Votes: 5 Max Hastings
I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.' Votes: 3 Evan Peters
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. Votes: 2 Mel Brooks
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. Votes: 2 Robert Moses
I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters. Votes: 1 Amy Poehler
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that. Votes: 3 Trevor Noah
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. Votes: 2 John Oliver
Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it. Votes: 6 Sam Kinison
I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. Votes: 3 Dana Carvey