I knew after 'Sarah Marshall' that my favorite genre is romantic comedy. Nothing is more satisfying than a great romantic comedy.
I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have done comedy on stage.
I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's what I do every week.
I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.
A lot of people who do drama say comedy is the hardest thing, but, not wanting to sound like a bighead, comedy is easy for me, as I've always been fairly funny.
I love comedy; I'm super passionate about it, and thank God it's super in right now to have female empowered comedies.
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.
Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.
I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan.
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.
But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.
I want to do the romantic comedies. You know, the stuff that Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts or Reese Witherspoon would choose, of course.
I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I always felt the audience sorta tolera...
[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult realization, of a sounder structure, and of a revelation more complete. The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the div...
There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.
Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience and their laughter is just as much a part of the album sound as our music. No retakes, no room for error.
There's nothing so fearsome as the revolt of a sheep," said de Marsay.
The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.
With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.
I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I'd audition for comedies and think, 'I can't pull this off.'
