#comedy

Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time. ↗

— Artie Lange

#happiness #means #sadness #same #time

I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled. ↗

— Wendy Liebman

#asking #been #comedians #comedy #e-mail

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#because #being #cause #comedy #confined

Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the romantic lead - great! A comedy and that's what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didn't get another shot. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#america #another #box #box office #comedy

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy. ↗

— John Lithgow

#comedy #feeling #live #sitcom #you

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#comedy #funny #key #life #make

Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies. ↗

— Mario Lopez

#balance #comedy #continue #doing #doing good

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#funny #intending #laugh #make #somebody

With any half-hour comedy, it kind of takes on its own life and finds itself. ↗

— Seth MacFarlane

#comedy #finds #half-hour #itself #kind

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#humanity-complexity #humor #mind #funny