#comedy

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#call #comedy #comics #day #eddie

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy. ↗

— Noah Hathaway

#comedy #cry #hour #i #movie

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#always #best #comedy #down #funny

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#best #comedy #strong #weak #where

To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best. ↗

— Eric Idle

#comedy #does #funny #good #me

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more? ↗

— Chris Rock

#everyday-life #funny #humor #observational-comedy #funny

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#comedy #consensus #general #preferred #softer

I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#i #myself #nature #never #sort

I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#also #audiences #back #become #circuit

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#bit #bite #canada #comedy #everywhere