#comedy

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and if I do, it's not very loud. That doesn't mean I don't like the movie. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#because #comedy #directors #i #i do

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#became #between #comedy #entertainments #hammerstein

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#black #comedy #explain #first #had

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor. ↗

— Terry Southern

#black comedy #comedy #decided #flavor #give

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#acting #comedy #express #feelings #fit

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#being #comedy #could #done #goal

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities. ↗

— Aries Spears

#eddie #eddie murphy #full #had #jordan

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place. ↗

— Aries Spears

#else #everything #falls #got #great

At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow. ↗

— Val Guest

#break #call #comedy #got #i

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#i #propel #really #want