#comedy

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth. ↗

— Laura Linney

#closer #comedy #dealing #get #make

People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!' ↗

— Ray Liotta

#blow #comedy #depp #father #guy

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

— John Lithgow

#comedy #feeling #live #sitcom #you

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#always #believable #comedy #exaggerated #ludicrous

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#class #comedy #into #played #sink

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#carrey #comedian #comedy #him #i

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#care #comedy #i #interact #just

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#comedy #inescapable #laugh #often #realization

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

#being #comedy #fascinated #funny #i

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #fact #fear #i