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When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn't know what the word 'improvisation' meant.
Matt Besser
Comedy
Word
City
About
Knew
Know
Came
Chicago
Improvisation
As Far As
Far
Meant
Pertaining
Even
Second
Second City
Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children playing than a comedy performance.
Matt Besser
Positive
Life
Comedy
Young
Christian
Give
More
Performance
Annoying
Off
Than
Improv
Same
Vibe
Children
Resemble
Many
Groups
Shows
Playing
Associate
I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflict, and when I do a comedy, you know, I've found that, like, romantic comedy is the trickiest one, because often it's neither: it's not romantic and it's not funny. So, like, I like a comedy that's biting. It's biting humor or really quirky humor.
Matt Dillon
Funny
You
Conflict
Comedy
Humor
Drama
Dramas
Biting
Neither
Like
Know
Because
Doing
Quirky
Often
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Really
Naturally
Found
Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
Matt Groening
Science
Comedy
Pretty
Generally
Science Fiction
Mix
Fiction
The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in literary science fiction, not so much movie or television science fiction - although we have that too, obviously. Our situation, a workplace comedy, led to all sorts of stuff.
Matt Groening
Me
Science
Comedy
Honor
Situation
Nice
Too
Our
Way
Television
Some
About
Stuff
Ideas
Obviously
Sort
Although
Science Fiction
Traditional
Led
Fiction
Movie
Literary
Personally
Much
Workplace
Nice Thing
Thing
The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.
Matt Groening
Character
You
Yourself
Comedy
Stupid
Top
More
Tendency
Because
Repeat
Get
Trying
Just
Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.
Matt LeBlanc
Me
Natural
Writing
Comedy
Joke
Setup
Way
Tell
See
Knack
Make
Maybe
Just
Where
I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time.
Matt LeBlanc
Time
You
People
Comedy
See
Takes
Over
Like
Know
Families
Movies
Much
Really
Toll
But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television.
Matt LeBlanc
Comedy
Television
Kind
Spoilt
Friends
Which
Things
Funniest
I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.
Matt Lucas
People
Strong
Comedy
About
Something
Opinions
Very
Personal
Mean
The way I approach any role, whether it's comedy or drama, I like to look for the truth first. I think comedy for the sake of comedy wears dull pretty quickly. You have to ground the character in reality first and allow the audience to sympathize, emphasize and be more invested.
Matt McGorry
Truth
Character
You
Reality
Comedy
First
Think
Sympathize
Drama
Approach
Way
Wears
Pretty
More
Invested
Allow
Emphasize
Like
Look
Audience
Sake
Dull
Quickly
Role
Any
Whether
Ground
I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.
Matt Walsh
Good
Great
You
People
Comedy
Guess
At Least One
Take
Allow
Spoiled
Know
Most
Sort
Because
Least
Improv
Get
Improviser
Things
I've always loved improvised movies like Christopher Guest and the 'Spinal Tap' era of comedy.
Matt Walsh
Comedy
Christopher
Guest
Spinal
Spinal Tap
Like
Always
Era
Tap
Improvised
Loved
Movies
There's a moment in every romantic comedy when a person sees something in someone else that nobody else sees.
Matt Walsh
Comedy
Every
Else
Someone
Something
Sees
Nobody
Nobody Else
Person
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Moment
There's something outrageously funny about the bold-faced lying that's going on, in a general way. Just the blatant denial of facts, whether it's climate change or crowd sizes. Every day, there's another blatant lie. I think there's comedy in there somewhere.
Matt Walsh
Funny
Day
Change
Every Day
Lie
Comedy
Denial
Somewhere
Every
Think
Lying
Way
About
Something
General
Crowd
Facts
Blatant
Another
Climate
Climate Change
Going
Just
Sizes
Whether
'Jackass: The Movie' is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body.
Matthew Barney
Great
Relationship
Comedy
Think
Physical
Physical Comedy
How
Tradition
Movie
Which
Interested
Really
Body
Acts
Gravity
I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from 'ER' who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy.
Matthew Fox
Comedy
Sorry
Single
Every
Bad
Make
Blonde
Movie
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Who
But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's in my wheelhouse because I've sort of played a lot of dramatic stuff and that's certainly a side of myself that I want at some point in the right context, in the right stuff, that I find really funny.
Matthew Fox
Love
Funny
Myself
You
People
Comedy
Think
Side
Dramatic
Later
Find
Some
Point
Sooner
Sooner Or Later
Stuff
Know
Sort
Because
Context
Lot
Want
Mean
Really
Certainly
Right
Played
I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.
Matthew Gray Gubler
Love
Video Games
Art
People
Comedy
Try
Internet
Will
Enough
Medium
Entertain
Entertain People
Entertaining
Never
Limit
Fencing
Just
Being
Want
Anything
Anyway
Video
Shorts
Stand-Up Comedy
Games
Lucky
Keep
With all comedy, you try to ground it in credibility and reality.
Matthew Gray Gubler
You
Reality
Comedy
Try
Ground
Credibility
I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing.
Matthew McGrory
Love
Comedy
Kind
Would
Spinal
Spinal Tap
Like
Spoof
Tap
Thing
The comedy on '2 Broke Girls' always comes from a place of love - it's never mean. We're a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn't bother me. I've encountered this all my life. I've been made fun of all my life.
Matthew Moy
Life
Love
Me
Comedy
Made
Girl
My Life
Edge
Broke
All My Life
Bother
Never
Always
Go
Been
Encountered
Often
Place
Mean
Fun
Right
Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think that something's wrong. Then I explain that I don't have comedy writers scripting everything I'm saying at this particular dinner.
Matthew Perry
Saying
Women
Comedy
Dinner
Joke
Half
Think
Everything
Something
Writers
Wrong
Particular
Hour
Around
Always
Explain
Scripting
Then
'The Whole Nine Yards' I liked right away. It was kind of a dark comedy at first. And just the idea of being in a movie with Bruce Willis was pretty exciting.
Matthew Perry
Dark
Comedy
First
Nine
Kind
Pretty
Bruce
Exciting
Idea
Liked
Yards
Just
Being
Movie
Whole
Away
Right
Right Away
If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
Matthew Weiner
Best
You
Comedy
Way
Kind
Best Way
Poignancy
Reach
Coming
Lot
Times
Get
Any
Want
Meaning
Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.
Maura Tierney
Comedy
Be Nice
Nice
Okay
Out
Would
Would-Be
Guy
Box
Because
Always
Get
Which
Straight
Skill
Even
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