Top Comedy Quotes
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Peter Ustinov
Comedy is acting out optimism.
Robin Williams
The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.
Tommy Chong
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.
Drew Carey
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks
Eric Idle 
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Max Weinberg 
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Patton Oswalt 
Alexander Payne 
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Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.
Paul Lynde 
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I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.
John Goodman
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Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
Sid Caesar
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Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored.
Bob Saget
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Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.
Matt LeBlanc
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I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were relaxed enough to start becoming personal on stage.
Patton Oswalt
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I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.
Imogene Coca
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If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again.
Ray Romano
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In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.
Bobby Farrelly
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