I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.
As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.
Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years.
I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgment and choice of films and sense of comedy.
I want to do comedy films, serious films - I admire the actors who fly under the radar but get loads done, pop up in a lot of good films.
Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting.
'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.
Well, being a Canadian, I love SCTV, and I think it's the basis for all good North American comedy, so I compare everything to that.
I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
With 'Attachments,' my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout.
It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction.
I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.
I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.
The Internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around. Comedians no longer have to rely on TV execs and club owners deciding if they are funny or not.
You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end.
If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.
A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.
People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.
I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.
