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
Bruce McCulloch 
Wislawa Szymborska 
Steve Martin 
Leslie Nielsen 
Will Ferrell 
Jerry Lewis 
Trey Parker 
Sara Paretsky 
Jo Brand 
Rowan Atkinson 
Adam Arkin 
Robin Williams All Comedy Quotes
The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.
Denis Norden 
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Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.
Artie Lange
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I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.
Will Ferrell
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There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that.
Cillian Murphy
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