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All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.
Mackenzie Crook
Character
Comedy
Face
Glad
Had
Parts
Offered
Get
Different
Them
Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
Madchen Amick
Time
Myself
Character
Comedy
Evil
Cute
Back
Airing
Kind
Park
Over
Goofy
French
Got
Go
Were
Falling
West
Exit
Festival
Same
Mid
Same Time
Where
Movie
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Central
Theater
Central Park
Little
Film
Film Festival
Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
Madeline Kahn
Comedy
Earnestly
Right Thing
Someone
He
Feels
Very
Trying
The Right Thing
Created
Moment
Right
Thing
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
Maggie Carey
You
People
Comedy
Will
Alive
Laugh
Tell
Scariest
Something
Part
Really
Working
Page
Hard
Actor
Bring
Need
I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is wonderful.
Maggie Smith
Love
You
People
Wonderful
Comedy
Laugh
Make
Course
Moment
People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
Mahesh Babu
Good
People
Comedy
Say
Weak
Am
Proved
Used
There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
Maika Monroe
Comedy
Sense
Guest
Bit
Follows
More
Like
Lot
Heavy
Fun
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
Malcolm McDowell
Great
Director
Wonderful
Comedy
Course
Richard
Lester
I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.
Malin Akerman
Jokes
Comedy
Worst
Telling
Physical
Physical Comedy
Never
Feel
Like
Comfortable
Where
As Far As
Far
Shy
I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
Malin Akerman
Love
Comedy
Hospital
Envelope
Pushes
Stuff
Always
Quirky
Which
Really
Why
I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.
Malin Akerman
Me
Comedy
Way
Physical
Physical Comedy
Only
Could
Had
Attention
Goof
Boy
Still
Braces
Were
Lot
Up
Get
Being
Dork
Which
Interested
Really
Meant
Growing
Growing Up
Shy
There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone.
Marcus Brigstocke
Money
Comedy
Think
Intimate
Top
Out
Kind
More
Like
Because
Making
Comics
Lot
End
Selling
Than
Discussion
Microphone
Maybe
Stadiums
Staggering
Thing
Amount
My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.
Marcus Brigstocke
Me
Comedy
Master
None
Trades
Friends
Jack
Accuse
Being
Comedy was all I ever wanted.
Margaret Cho
Comedy
Wanted
Ever
I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it.
Margaret Cho
Music
Writing
Comedy
Lyrics
Collaborations
Record
Write
Songs
Doing
Artists
Them
Bring
I don't really know what 'selling out' is exactly. I would sell out if I could, but nobody's buying it. I would love to go mainstream, but my comedy is too edgy. It's always too dirty. It's always too filthy. I'm dying to sell out. But I love doing comedy, I love touring, and I think I would do everything for free.
Margaret Cho
Love
Comedy
Free
Think
Too
Filthy
Everything
Out
Would
Exactly
Dirty
Could
Touring
Mainstream
Nobody
Know
Edgy
Always
Doing
Go
Sell
Selling
Dying
If I Could
Really
Buying
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'
Margaret Cho
Teacher
Great
Me
School
Comedy
Club
Think
Nights
High
Signing
High School
About
Comedy Club
Well
Up
May
Inappropriate
Now
I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.
Maria Semple
Character
Writing
Strong
Comedy
Out
Characters
Born
Take
Clear
Until
Learned
Begin
Them
'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be denigrated. And they also know how to play irony, which I think a lot of English actors might find quite difficult.
Marianne Elliott
Art
Good
Comedy
Difficult
Think
Those
Television
Easy
Find
Know
Also
How
Lot
Friends
Irony
Quite
Which
Might
Really
Dismiss
English
Actor
Play
A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.
Mark Addy
Travel
People
Comedy
Say
People Say
Well
Accessible
Lot
Very
Found
I moved from acting to stand-up because castings are just about what you look like. It doesn't matter if you can act or not. In comedy, no one cares what you look like.
Mark Billingham
You
Comedy
Matter
Cares
About
No One Cares
No-One
Like
Look
Because
Just
Moved
Act
Acting
While the subject matter of my novels could not be further removed from the stuff I used to trot out at the Comedy Store, the delivery of the material employs many of the same techniques.
Mark Billingham
Comedy
Matter
Further
Out
Could
Delivery
Stuff
Employs
Material
Subject
Subject Matter
Same
Store
While
Used
Many
Novels
Techniques
Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk out on stage, and you have a minute to hook them, or they'll start booing. As a writer, it's very similar. A reader doesn't have time to say, 'I'll give him 50 pages, as it's not very good yet, but I hope it'll get better.'
Mark Billingham
Hope
Time
Good
You
Better
Comedy
Walk
Duty
Stage
Booing
Say
Hook
Out
Minute
Give
Similar
Write
Writer
Deliver
Comedian
Him
Reader
Very
Get
Story
Whether
Them
Pages
Stand-Up Comedy
Start
Many people mistakenly think of farce as broad low comedy. In fact, it's polished high comedy.
Mark Linn-Baker
People
Comedy
Think
Broad
High
Fact
Mistakenly
Polished
In Fact
Low
Farce
Many
As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.
Mark Ruffalo
You
Comedy
Everything
Musical
Could
Tragedy
Up
Grew
Theater
Actor
But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.
Mark Rylance
Comedy
Thought
Francis
Francis Bacon
Bacon
Find
Some
Someone
Had
Schools
Equals
Were
Motivation
Scope
Tragedy
Place
Who
Connected
Things
Plays
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