I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.
Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.
I was trying to be a clinical psychologist for years. But I kept getting stuck in comedy.
'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.
A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.
It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.
Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.
You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?
I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy.
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.
A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.
And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.
I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.
Up until 'Bridesmaids', the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.
. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.
I mean, that's another big surprise of the show, is that I see sixteen year old people who recognize me and they're honest, for-real fans of the show. And it goes down to nine months. I mean, I've heard of nine month to year-old children who are watc...
I did a show a long, long time ago called 'Cooking Mexican'. It was a studio show as opposed to on-location like the one I do now. Before my first show, I was a cooking instructor, and I did a whole lot of classes for home cooks about Mexican food.
Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to want to tell us. If a disproportionate number of any show's viewers watch in alternative ways, then, under the curr...
I was on a show called '12 Miles of Bad Road' with Lily Tomlin - it was an incredible HBO show. We shot 6 episodes, previewed it before the finale of 'The Sopranos;' it was written up as a 'Great New Show on HBO,' and then the whole thing was canned....
I couldn't do my show without spending 12 years on the streets of Humboldt Park. It made me a better interrogator. Still, if they had taken me out of my squad car and gave me a show, I would've been terrible. But on 'Springer,' the spotlight was on J...
