#comedy

As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. ↗

— Tim Conway

#along #better #better way #comedy #defense

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#close-up #comedy #life is a #seen #tragedy

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#being #better #comedy #doing #i

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#anywhere #being #being funny #comedy #funny

The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#comedy #did #ever #i #know

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs. ↗

— Tina Fey

#audience #comedy #down #dress #her

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited. ↗

— John Cleese

#best #comedy #works

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. ↗

— John Cleese

#comedy #history #i #the history of #want

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy. ↗

— John Cleese

#american #audience #back #basic #basic principles