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When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.
Jeff Dunham
Myself
People
Comedy
College
Before
Few
Enough
Laugh
Out
Entertainer
Some
Had
Had Enough
Ventriloquism
Make
Learn
Felt
Material
Years
Grade
Taught
Moved
Clubs
Then
Hard
Shows
Started
Third
I never analyze stuff with comedy because it's boring. It makes you stop being funny. Just be who you are and do what you do, and you're either funny or you're not.
Jeff Garlin
Funny
You
Comedy
Just Be
Analyze
Boring
Never
Stuff
Because
Makes
Just
Stop
Being
Either
Being Funny
Who
First off, I don't do self-deprecation comedy based on being fat. I would always talk about it honestly. Secondly, I don't care how much I weigh.
Jeff Garlin
Comedy
Care
First
Honestly
Secondly
Would
About
Weigh
Talk
Always
How
How Much
Off
Being
Much
Based
Fat
When you see a bad romantic comedy, you see the script, the director, and the actors trying to create this warmth and this pathos and this feeling that you care about them. That cannot be manufactured - it's either there or it isn't.
Jeff Garlin
You
Director
Comedy
Care
Feeling
Bad
See
About
Trying
Pathos
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Cannot
Either
Script
Them
Warmth
Create
Actor
I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation.
Jeffrey Tambor
Me
You
Remember
Comedy
Losing
Long
Laugh
Run
Dressing
Dressing Room
Give
Give Me
Long Run
Never
He
Road
Because
Said
Line
Off
Itself
Going
Where
Script
Room
Bob
Foundation
The best comedy not only makes you laugh, but on the moment of the laugh, you learned.
Jeffrey Tambor
Best
You
Comedy
Laugh
Only
Learned
Makes
Moment
Comedy's all math, figuring out the timing.
Jeffrey Wright
Comedy
Timing
Out
Math
Figuring
The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.
Jen Kirkman
Women
Comedy
Think
Comedians
Female
Doing
Themselves
Even
A TV touchstone for me is 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.' That series was whimsical and smart and had the mix of comedy and drama that I now trade in - but with a dash of magical realism. I wanted to be Molly Dodd, but more than that, I wanted to be Jay Tarses, who created the show.
Jenji Kohan
Me
Smart
Comedy
Nights
Drama
TV
Magical
Dash
Touchstone
More
Had
Days
Trade
Mix
Than
Wanted
Realism
Whimsical
Created
Jay
Show
Molly
Who
Series
Now
I have such a girl-crush on Reese Witherspoon. I would love to do a comedy with her.
Jenna Dewan
Love
Comedy
Would
Reese Witherspoon
Her
I loved that about her because I knew it would open the door for a lot of comedy, because I knew that the conflict would come, because not many people live like the way she does.
Jenna Elfman
Conflict
People
Comedy
Live
Way
Would
About
Open
Knew
Come
Like
She
Because
Does
Lot
Door
Loved
Many
Her
I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!
Jenna Elfman
Work
Love
Time
Good
Great
Comedy
Good Work
Piece
Stick
Up
Being
Anytime
Mean
It proved to me, though, that comedy is so much harder.
Jenna Elfman
Me
Comedy
Though
Proved
Much
Harder
I love going to the movie theatre, seeing live comedy, and going to amusement parks.
Jennette McCurdy
Love
Theatre
Comedy
Live
Seeing
Parks
Going
Movie
Amusement
It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.
Jennifer Carpenter
Comedy
Mine
Dream
Allen
Always
Been
Woody
Woody Allen
I just want to be with great teachers. If that means I'm in a horror film with good teachers, I'll do another horror film. But I would love to branch out and do more comedy or just more straight dramas.
Jennifer Carpenter
Love
Good
Great
Comedy
Dramas
Out
Would
Horror
Horror Film
More
Good Teachers
Great Teachers
Another
Branch
Just
Want
Straight
Means
Teachers
Film
Comedy is like math - you can check your answer because you know you've gotten it right if you get a laugh. It just makes sense to me. I feel like because I've had to keep that tool in my box for so long, I'm ready to show it off a bit.
Jennifer Carpenter
Me
You
Comedy
Long
Sense
Tool
Bit
Laugh
Had
Feel
Check
Like
Know
Box
Because
Makes
Answer
Ready
Gotten
Math
Off
Get
Just
Your
Show
Keep
Right
I wasn't very good in my serious acting class. Sometimes people took our class so seriously, so I used to, sort of, make fun of people after class. And so a friend of mine said, 'Why don't you do the comedy thing.' That's how it all worked out.
Jennifer Coolidge
Good
You
Class
People
Sometimes
Comedy
Seriously
Took
Our
Mine
Out
Make
Sort
Said
How
Friend
Very
After
Worked
Acting
Used
Acting Class
Fun
Serious
Why
Thing
The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.
Jennifer Coolidge
Comedy
Doors
Minute
Opened
Doing
The Doors
Started
I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.
Jennifer Coolidge
Good
Comedy
Think
Would
Would-Be
Were
Less
Serious
Actress
Career
I think it is a bit harder for women starting in comedy.
Jennifer Saunders
Women
Comedy
Think
Bit
Harder
Starting
I like watching comedy shows. I only watch comedy or action.
Jennifer Winget
Comedy
Action
Only
Like
Comedy Shows
Shows
Watch
Watching
I want to see good-quality comedy shows, not the slapstick ones or where people imitate others.
Jennifer Winget
People
Comedy
Imitate
Others
See
Comedy Shows
Where
Want
Shows
Slapstick
People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.
Jenny Eclair
You
Women
People
Sometimes
Comedy
Will
Fall
Stage
Worry
Out
Because
Often
Ask
Reason
Why
Harder
There's a lot of different parts to me, so it makes total sense to me that I would do a big TV show or studio movie and then do a free comedy show the next day. They both feel equally important to me.
Jenny Slate
Day
Me
Comedy
Free
Important
Big
Sense
TV
Would
TV Show
Total
Both
Studio
Feel
Equally
Parts
Makes
Lot
Different
Movie
Then
Next
Different Parts
Show
I think sometimes in comedy the characters are often sacrificed for the joke, and it's more important for it to be funny than for there to be love.
Jenny Slate
Love
Funny
Sometimes
Comedy
Joke
Important
Think
Characters
More
Sacrificed
Than
Often
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