From 'Chappelle's Show' to 'Tosh.0,' there's so much race comedy. It's overdone.
Comedy is great because there's no overhead.
Nobody owns comedy. Nobody owns a premise. Nobody owns an idea.
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?
Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.
Some people think big audiences are crass and that, say, a comedy that appeals to a wide audience is pandering. Other people would argue that you could say that about Moliere.
I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.
'Parental Guidance' combines comedy and pathos in the best way.
The connection between pathos and broad comedy is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy scene than you do in a straight scene. It's much harder.
I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos.
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. He has ability to match pathos and comedy and drama and then turn it all on a dime. If you're going to make a series based on dialogue, you can't find much better than Woody Allen.
I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.
Comedy is all about the pause.
There are no subtleties in a war zone. I think that's why comedy does so well there. It goes right for the gut. So those punch lines start penetrating the bullet-proof vests.
'Billy on the Street' is a persona. It's crafted; it has writers. It's a mixture of performance art and comedy.
'Veerey Ki Wedding' is a comedy of errors in more ways than one. It's one of those basic, perky comedies. We're not trying to give out a message or anything.
Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at the same thing.
When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn't know what the word 'improvisation' meant.
Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.
Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.
