I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows and magic shows... even ventriloquism. My doll's name was 'Dan,' and I used to write these scripts, ...
I'm a very competitive person, and I always competed with myself. Every year, I'd take six weeks with my band, crew and choreographer to put a new show together. We'd spend eight hours per day, seven days per week putting a show together to beat the ...
We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms to say that a dog feels something but does not show it. What a dog feels, a dog shows, and, conversely, what a dog shows, a dog actually does...
Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or four if you add two haute couture shows, or six if you count men's wear. Resort and prefall push the number up to eight. A couple of promotional shows i...
Being a stand-up comic, this isn't a stepping-stone for me; it's what I do, and this is what I'm always going to do. And even if I do a TV show, the only reasons to do a TV show is to get more people to know me to come out to my stand-up shows.
I'd much rather hear someone's unique interpretation of their own experience. Those who negate or override someone else's experience in order to one-up them or to show off their own knowledge or perceived abilities are in truth showing off their lack...
The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the so...
Thy soul is by vile fear assailed
I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?
One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.
Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to improve.
Comedy fans are the best fans. They embrace and support you doing low-budget work and will follow you to the end of the earth!
I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.
My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
My first two novels were very black comedies.
I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.
Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.
Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.
Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.
I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy.
