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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
Bernie Mac
You
Comedy
Become
One Thing
About
Part
Because
Audience
Making
The One Thing
Loves
Them
Thing
The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
Bernie Mac
Success
Comedy
Matters
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Has-Been
Scared
Touch
Issues
Been
Subject
Politically
Afraid
Being
Being Afraid
My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
Bernie Mac
Comedy
Pain
See
Hurting
Someone
Stand
I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
Bernie Mac
Work
Sports
Hate
People
Comedy
Down
Say
Something
General
General Motors
Stuff
Like
Motors
Mean
Worked
Comedy has been so good to me.
Bernie Mac
Good
Me
Comedy
Has-Been
Been
I never have broken up in comedy, ever. There's something about me that I just don't break on camera - maybe because I'm just so cheap, and I know how expensive it is to shoot - but I broke on 'Sordid Lives,' and I broke on 'The Office.' Those are the only two times in my life.
Beth Grant
Life
Me
Broken
Comedy
My Life
Those
Broke
About
Something
Only
Never
Cheap
Know
Sordid
Because
How
Camera
Up
Times
Office
Shoot
Maybe
Just
Expensive
Break
Ever
Lives
Two
The great thing with comedy is that I don't memorize ahead of time like I did on 'Breaking Bad.' With 'Breaking Bad,' I wanted to know those words inside and out, really have my lines down so I could say them verbatim. But with comedy, you keep it a lot more loose.
Betsy Brandt
Time
Great
You
Words
Comedy
Down
Say
Those
Out
Bad
Inside
Memorize
More
Could
Like
Know
Great Thing
Loose
Lines
Lot
Did
Wanted
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Them
Really
Keep
Thing
Compared to the other work I've done on TV, 'Breaking Bad' was funny. In the beginning, I described it as a dark comedy.
Betsy Brandt
Work
Funny
Dark
Comedy
Beginning
Other
TV
Bad
Done
In The Beginning
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Compared
Honestly, one of the reasons I wanted to do a comedy next was that I just kept thinking, 'I don't want to chase the next 'Breaking Bad,' because honestly, there may never be one.' I couldn't imagine any other drama comparing. And I just wanted to laugh.
Betsy Brandt
Comedy
Thinking
Honestly
Other
Drama
Laugh
Bad
Chase
Never
Because
Any
May
Just
Want
Wanted
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Next
Reasons
Comparing
Kept
Imagine
Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
Betty White
You
Comedy
Sense
Drama
Easier
Laugh
Something
Wrong
Doing
Get
The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male.
Bill Bixby
Comedy
Situation
Down
Has-Been
Like
Been
Male
Years
Frightening
American
Happened
Image
Last
Pulled
You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I'd be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.
Bill Burr
Life
Funny
You
Comedy
My Life
Few
Funny Guy
Way
Though
Able
Guy
Knew
Know
Also
Felt
Few Things
Going
Just
Wanted
Loved
Stand-Up Comedy
Even
Things
I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.
Bill Burr
Comedy
Stage
Took
About
Small
Crowd
Thursday
Days
Were
Tuesday
Happened
Clubs
Packed
NYC
I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model.
Bill Burr
You
Change
People
Comedy
Some People
Seen
Become
Think
Changed
Ways
Some
Like
Also
Model
Role
Role Model
Trying
Where
Different
Then
Really
Sudden
Dad
Different Ways
Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.
Bill Burr
Work
Me
You
Respect
People
Treat
Comedy
Just Be
Down
Else
Top
Find
See
Someone
Hour
Like
Lean
Alright
Because
Got
Gotta
Coming
Up
Get
Did
Going
Just
Mike
Stand
Stand Up
Even
Now
Harder
Thing
I moved out to L.A. to be a filmmaker or director. I didn't even think about doing comedy or even acting. I wanted to be like Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson, but I wasn't going to a lot of comedy.
Bill Hader
Director
Comedy
Think
Thomas
Out
Anderson
About
Like
Doing
Lot
Going
Moved
Wanted
Paul
Acting
Even
Filmmaker
To be honest, I don't know how comedy works.
Bill Hader
Comedy
To Be Honest
Know
How
Works
Honest
Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
Bill Hader
You
Comedy
Incredibly
Fail
Loose
Afraid
Hard
What I love is the comedy of the body. It's a little highfalutin', but you can even say pre-verbal comedy. People laugh differently at stuff that isn't brought to them via the spoken word. It's from a different place; it's a different quality of laughter.
Bill Irwin
Love
You
Quality
Love Is
People
Comedy
Word
Laughter
Say
Laugh
Brought
Spoken
Spoken Word
Stuff
Via
Different
Place
Little
Them
Body
Different Place
Even
Differently
The landscape is television has changed so much, because there are so many outlets, that the odds of getting a zeitgeisty hit - you know how 'American Idol' seems to appeal to every human being on the planet? Doing that in comedy nowadays is very, very hard.
Bill Lawrence
You
Human Being
Comedy
Odds
Nowadays
Every
Changed
Television
Seems
Outlets
Know
Because
How
Idol
Doing
Very
Hit
American
Getting
Human
Being
American Idol
Much
Planet
Landscape
Hard
Appeal
Many
I worked at comedy clubs - if I can use the term 'work' - for several years. I middled at one point. I never made it; I was never a headliner. I never made enough time to write enough good material, in my opinion.
Bill Nye
Work
Time
Good
Comedy
Made
Enough
Enough Time
Several
Good Material
Point
Write
Never
Term
Opinion
Material
Years
In My Opinion
Clubs
Worked
Use
I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
Billy Connolly
Myself
Comedy
Drawing
Find
More
More And More
Performance
Stuff
Days
Still
Acting
I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.
Billy Eichner
Time
Comedy
Hopefully
Able
Through
Lead
Message
Always
Sneak
Same
Same Time
Want
In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.
Blake Jenner
Love
Great
You
Comedy
Timing
Tool
Definitely
Classes
Taking
Studying
Comedic
Well
Miami
Improv
Get
Just
Moved
Loved
Acting
Started
Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. So I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.
Bo Burnham
Conversation
People
Comedy
Positivity
Say
About
Something
Having
Open
Feel
Come
Terrible
Source
Bully
Very
Want
Should
Show
Actually
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
Bo Burnham
Work
Comedy
Old
Enjoy
Postmodern
Well
Because
Making
Audiences
Very
Fun
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