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
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.
Drew Carey
Erma Bombeck 
Aldous Huxley 
Todd Barry 
Todd Solondz 
Topher Grace 
Barry Sonnenfeld 
Reese Witherspoon 
Trey Parker 
Denis Norden 
Sean William Scott 
Kenneth Williams 
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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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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
Owen Wilson
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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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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
Moliere
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With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.
Tim Matheson
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Sholom Aleichem
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If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.
Robert Moses
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