Quotes of: Romantic-comedy Keyword

My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.

Ruth Wilson

The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in it, specifically the way we mixed music and comedy.

Bret McKenzie

The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.

Peter Tork

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

Aubrey Plaza

The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies.

Jason Bateman

When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'

Kirsten Dunst

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.

Abbi Jacobson

With every movie, I try to do something different, whether it's action, comedy or drama.

Andrew Lau

On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.

Alia Shawkat

For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.

Bo Burnham

Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.

Rob McElhenney

I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.

Zachary Knighton

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

Andrew Denton

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

Ben Kingsley

I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.'

Donny Most

There's so much joy in doing comedy work, and that's one of the reasons I like to do it - because it's just a hilarious day at work.

John C. Reilly

The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those stakes, the comedy will bounce off that and work.

Peter Segal

I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.

Jenny Eclair

People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.

Jenny Eclair

Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film.

Janeane Garofalo