When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I'd watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it's not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction t...
It's interesting because with a lot of people who I've met in comedy, it seems not to matter what your background is. In terms of formal schooling - I feel like that's a nineteenth century term - but in terms of where you went to high school or colle...
And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerste...
I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to London and did the Royal Court, the National, 'King Lear' at the Manchester Royal Exchange. I did little bits of comedy, like 'Rab C Nesbitt,...
I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me... particularly, if it's a bad movie, but something they're doing still works. It's the same way I look at comedy. I've always had an intellectual v...
Knives and candlelight,” he said, “how romantic.
Then I am a hopeful romantic.
Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
His music was an outlet of that romantic energy and sensitivity.
Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.
If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.
In some sense, I'm a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition.
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
The problem most nonprofits have is that they are run by romantics who are great to hang out with, but they have no clue.
There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.
I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.
Books have souls. Or so romantics like me tend to think.
I was born with a romantic nature, and I'll carry it to my grave.
I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.
I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.
