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I think women have always been funny. But when Tina Fey became head writer at 'Saturday Night Live,' the culture shifted, and women gained a bigger voice in comedy. It's not as if Hollywood producers are feminists. It's more that Hollywood said, ''Bridesmaids' made us so much money, all we want now is funny women.'
Cecily Strong
Funny
Culture
Women
Money
Comedy
Made
Live
Think
More
Voice
Writer
Head
Became
Said
Always
Feminists
Shifted
Been
Tina
Tina Fey
Fey
So Much Money
Want
Bigger
Gained
Hollywood
Us
Much
Producers
Bridesmaids
Now
Saturday
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live
Night
My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.
Cecily Strong
Love
Myself
Comedy
Try
First
Drama
Considered
Fell
Instructor
Course
Because
Serious
Actor
Suggested
Resistant
Jimmy Kimmel has proven to be a preeminent voice in comedy, with 15 seasons of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' under his belt and successfully tackling the herculean task of hosting both the Emmys and the Oscars in the same season.
Channing Dungey
Comedy
Live
Jimmy
Tackling
Voice
Both
Emmys
Hosting
Proven
His
Task
Same
Successfully
Season
Seasons
Oscars
Belt
The more you try to look sexy, the lamer it is, so you just have to commit to the comedy.
Channing Tatum
You
Comedy
Try
Sexy
More
Look
Commit
Just
As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.
Charlie Murphy
Business
Comedy
Later
Most
Got
Yeah
Than
As Far As
Far
Stand-Up Comedy
When I first started doing comedy, I was 42 years old, and I was the brother of one of the most celebrated comics in history who made his name in the game 20 years earlier.
Charlie Murphy
History
Game
Comedy
Old
Made
First
Brother
Name
Most
Comics
Doing
His
Years
Celebrated
Who
Earlier
Started
I feel blessed to be able to do my stand up comedy all over the world, because some people never even leave New York.
Charlie Murphy
People
World
Comedy
Some People
Blessed
Able
Some
Never
Feel
Over
New
Because
Leave
Up
York
New York
Stand
Stand Up
Even
I wasn't drawn to comedy: it was drawn to me - from fighting in school to going to jail, then joining the military and getting into Hollywood.
Charlie Murphy
Me
School
Comedy
Fighting
Military
Drawn
Joining
Getting
Going
Jail
Hollywood
Then
If the 'Chappelle's Show' had stayed on, I seriously doubt I would have developed this fast as a stand-up comedian. I probably would never have taken stand-up comedy really seriously.
Charlie Murphy
Comedy
Seriously
Doubt
Would
Stayed
Never
Had
Developed
Taken
Comedian
Really
Stand-Up Comedy
Show
Fast
I was doing a lot of drama until I took the comedy role in the series 'Car 54, Where Are You?,' and I've been tagged as a comedian ever since.
Charlotte Rae
You
Comedy
Car
Drama
Took
Tagged
Since
Comedian
Until
Doing
Been
Lot
Role
Where
Series
Ever
I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.
Charlotte Rampling
Life
Dark
Comedy
My Life
Carried
Could
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!
Cheech Marin
Battle
Comedy
First
Our
Gig
Minutes
Never
Won
Bands
Did
Note
Played
I want to educate people and deliver news that isn't just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I'd like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy.
Chelsea Handler
News
People
Comedy
Able
Charlie
Charlie Sheen
Deliver
Stuff
Like
Sheen
Educate
Surrounded
Just
Want
Conjunction
Serious
When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I'd watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it's not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction to the joke. That's the laugh - it's somebody's else's reaction to the joke.
Cheryl Hines
Me
Comedy
Somebody
Joke
Else
Laugh
Seeing
About
He
Talk
Reaction
Him
Lot
Up
Times
Shoot
Getting
Just
Shot
Working
Barry
Watch
Set
The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
Chevy Chase
Best
People
Comedy
Know
Did
Who
Ever
'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion.
Cheyenne Jackson
Comedy
Opinion
Rock
Grail
In My Opinion
Holy
Holy Grail
I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Comedy
Enjoy
Drama
Everything
Characters
Look
Doing
Offer
Just
Really
In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.
Chow Yun-Fat
Love
Comedy
Hero
Action
Think
Films
Hong Kong
Dramatic
Like
Most
Kong
Always
Am
Audiences
West
Lot
Lots
Roles
Did
Romance
Love Stories
Romantic
Stories
Many
Novel
Star
Play
I was living in upstate New York, in Kingston - small town, no comedy scene except for my friends and I doing these DIY shows and whatnot. And we put together this thing called the 'Altercation Punk Rock Comedy Tour.'
Chris Cubas
Together
Comedy
Punk
Living
Punk Rock
Small
Scene
Except
Tour
Small Town
Put
New
Town
Rock
Doing
Friends
York
Whatnot
New York
Upstate
Upstate New York
Shows
Thing
The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.
Chris Cubas
People
Comedy
Thought
Stupid
Laugh
Something
Point
Had
Taking
Makes
Bunch
Working
Fun
Whole
I get to do comedy for a living.
Chris Gethard
Comedy
Living
Get
I think there's too many gay jokes in comedy and not enough honest explorations of sexuality.
Chris Gethard
Gay
Jokes
Comedy
Think
Too
Enough
Sexuality
Many
Honest
I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'
Chris Gethard
Needs
Comedy
Be Brave
Important
Think
No Desire
Get
Brave
Soapbox
Desire
American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.
Chris Hardwick
Work
Time
Comedy
Own
Television
Tries
Constantly
Case
Most
Obviously
Lot
Version
Times
Office
American
Did
Create
Really
American Television
British
Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.
Chris Hardwick
Life
Good
Training
Comedy
Looking
Thinking
Enough
Philosophy
Topic
See
Martin
Angles
Steve
Steve Martin
Forced
Because
Said
Up
Just
Being
Interesting
Your
Agree
Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.
Chris Hardwick
People
Comedy
Some People
Some
Learn
Just
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