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The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.
Dawn French
Comedy
Hero
Would
Would-Be
Admired
Total
Most
Terms
Eric
Person
Who
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
Love
Death
War
Man
Comedy
Power
Greed
Lust
Vanity
Tragedy
Disease
Against
Helplessness
Basis
Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.
Dax Shepard
Myself
Day
Dyslexic
Every Day
Human Being
Comedy
Stupid
Every
Kid
About
Had
Come
Like
Felt
Does
Got
Witty
Yeah
Go
Very
Human
Being
Where
Now
Defend
When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.
Dean Norris
Comedy
College
Lot
Did
When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.
Dean Norris
Me
You
People
Comedy
Timing
Too
Way
Would
Would-Be
About
Could
Never
Front
Stand-Up Comedy
Hard
Play
I'd love to do a comedy - something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life.
Debra Granik
Life
Love
Character
Comedy
Humor
Something
Absurd
Where
Use
Navigate
I love comedy, but I feel like I need to keep doing drama when I can.
Debra Stephenson
Love
Comedy
Drama
Feel
Like
Doing
Keep
Need
I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.
Demetri Martin
Comedy
Old
Guess
Like
Years
Going
Being
Fan
Started
I like stand-up. But I'd also like a family and house and a yard. I want to work with a lot of people, have colleagues; and on good film sets, there's people there that work with the same people for years and years. I love that collaborative spirit in that medium. Comedy is a lot more solitary.
Demetri Martin
Work
Love
Good
Family
People
Comedy
Sets
Medium
Collaborative
Solitary
Colleagues
Spirit
More
Like
House
Also
Yard
Years
Years And Years
Lot
Same
Want
Film
Good Film
Film Sets
To me, comedy is a game.
Demetri Martin
Me
Game
Comedy
I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up.
Demetri Martin
Comedy
Big
Nerd
About
Knew
Know
Comedians
Lot
Up
Friends
Even
Growing
Growing Up
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.
Demetri Martin
Jokes
Comedy
Mutually
Mutually Exclusive
Seems
Exclusive
Most
Course
Stories
Forms
Basic
Two
I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies.
Denis Leary
You
Comedy
Big
Drama
Guess
OK
Able
Small
Pigeon-Holed
Because
Been
Lot
Get
Theater
Movies
Hollywood
Then
Stand-Up Comedy
Started
The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago.
Denis Leary
Saying
Best
Comedy
Country
Tried
Atlanta
Boston
True
Opinion
Audiences
Chicago
Just
In My Opinion
I went to school with Steven Wright, who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in a club doing standup comedy. I went down to his club and he was great. Another friend of mine, who was pretty much a thief by trade, was hosting the show. So I thought, 'If these guys can do it, then so can I.'
Denis Leary
Day
Great
Me
School
Comedy
Thought
Club
Down
Thief
Mine
One Day
Pretty
Someone
Guy
Guys
Wright
He
Hosting
Knew
Steven
Another
Trade
Doing
His
Friend
Then
Much
Show
Who
Standup
Suddenly
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
Song
Money
Comedy
Finished
Pay
Added
Would
Writers
Comedians
None
Material
Up
Very
Get
Them
Much
Certain
Paid
Use
Acts
Publishers
Amount
I remember when I read the screenplay for 'Sicario,' I fell in love with it, but at the same time, I went, 'Oh no, not again.' I mean, I would love to fall in love with something that is more light, like a rom-com or a comedy. I would love to. Because it's very demanding to go to dark places like this.
Denis Villeneuve
Love
Time
Dark
Remember
Light
Comedy
Demanding
Fall
Would
Dark Places
Something
More
Remember When
Like
Fell
Read
Because
Go
Very
Same
Oh
Same Time
Screenplay
Again
Places
Mean
I'm a comedy snob, and I never want anything that I do to get old.
Derek Waters
Comedy
Old
Never
Snob
Get
Want
Anything
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
Desi Arnaz
Good
Comedy
Vice Versa
Drama
Also
Versa
Very
Vice
Who
Actor
Necessarily
One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
Desi Arnaz
Jokes
Comedy
Problems
Some
Understand
Did
Biggest
Everyone tells me I need to do comedy. It's never something that crossed my mind, but to be able to do a true comedy and make people laugh, that would be great.
Dexter Darden
Great
Me
People
Comedy
Mind
Everyone
Laugh
Tells
Would
Would-Be
Able
Crossed
Something
Never
True
Make
Need
That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people, laughter and shock, and it's really thrilling, and I like to be thrilled.
Diablo Cody
You
People
Comedy
Laughter
Favorite
Outburst
Horror
Thrilled
Thrilling
Emotion
Write
Like
Also
Genres
Because
Shock
Get
Really
Film
Why
Two
I had to choose, I'd be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama.
Dianne Wiest
Sad
Love
Comedy
Drama
Sides
Both
Had
Same
Choose
Flip
Coin
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
Dick Cavett
Comedy
Cause
Television
Does
Much
Streets
If I were running a campaign, I'd urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely - on a talented young comedy writer.
Dick Cavett
Money
Comedy
Coffee
Young
Spending
Running
More
Writer
Taking
Wisely
Talented
Were
Campaign
Mountain
Pizza
Urge
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
Dick Van Dyke
Life
Business
Comedy
Everything
About
Know
Learned
Lot
Show
Show Business
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