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
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An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
Desi Arnaz 
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Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.
Sara Paretsky
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When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.
Sylvester Stallone
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The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.
Janet Street-Porter
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When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.
Terry Southern
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It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.
John Leeson
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
V. S. Naipaul
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I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.
Brendan Fraser
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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
James Thurber
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