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I don't believe in comedy as a TV genre - I think there's drama that is funny. Because beyond the laughs, there has to be cost, and there has to be heart.
Michaela Coel
Funny
Heart
Comedy
Believe
Think
Drama
Laughs
TV
Cost
Beyond
Genre
Because
I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of one of the shows was picked up by a comedy sketch company... so then I had to write comedy.
Michaela Coel
People
Dark
School
Comedy
Cried
Drama
Drama School
Laughed
Write
Had
Picked
Wrote
Up
Which
Script
Sketch
Then
Company
Shows
Play
I don't actually believe in the genre of comedy. Sometimes when I watch comedies, I can't see the soul of the show. I want to be able to laugh and cry. That is where the magic is. I'm trying to get to that place.
Michaela Coel
Soul
Sometimes
Comedy
Believe
Laugh
See
Able
Magic
Cry
Comedies
Genre
Get
Trying
Where
Want
Place
Show
Actually
Watch
I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.
Michaela Watkins
Women
Comedy
Physical
Rarely
Physical Comedy
Very
Get
In 'Seesaw,' I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I don't get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.
Michele Lee
Me
Comedy
Singing
Dancing
Musical
Able
More
Parts
Because
Get
Anything
Loved
Use
Played
I thought that I was going to be a stand-up comedian or an actress. Turns out, I can't act my way out of a paper bag and stand-up comedy is a lot harder than it appears.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Comedy
Thought
Way
Paper
Paper Bag
Out
Bag
Comedian
Lot
Than
Going
Act
Turns
Stand-Up Comedy
Appears
Actress
Harder
It's really challenging to play comedy.
Michelle Monaghan
Comedy
Really
Challenging
Play
I was one of the people that always got chosen last, and I think I bulked up my comedy bone to make up for my lack of friends.
Michelle Visage
People
Comedy
Think
Bone
Make
Make Up
Always
Got
Up
Friends
Lack
Chosen
Last
Some comedy has turned into, 'Donald Trump's bad, isn't he?' That's a true statement. But where is your joke?
Michelle Wolf
Comedy
Joke
Statement
Bad
Some
He
True
Trump
Donald
Where
Turned
Your
I always loved comedy, but in my mind, it wasn't a viable career option. I always thought, 'You go to college. You get a job, and then you pay off college.'
Michelle Wolf
You
Comedy
Mind
Job
Thought
College
Pay
Always
Go
Off
Option
Get
Viable
Loved
Then
Career
Taking a night off from comedy to go on a date with someone I'm probably not going to like anyway sounds like the worst trade-off in my mind.
Michelle Wolf
Comedy
Mind
Worst
Someone
Date
Taking
Like
Trade-Off
Sounds
Go
Off
Going
Anyway
Night
I think Trump is terrible for comedy. A lot of people say he is great. He's not. You can't joke a joke.
Michelle Wolf
Great
You
People
Comedy
Joke
Think
Say
People Say
He
Terrible
Trump
Lot
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
Miguel de Cervantes
Character
Fool
Comedy
Difficult
Must
He
Part
Most
Plays
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and they would pay me a nominal amount of money to be there.
Mike Birbiglia
Me
Money
Comedy
College
Sense
Pay
Nights
Seven
Would
Week
Could
Feel
Like
Nominal
Without
Person
Being
Door
Paying
Professional
Amount
Level
Watch
In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.
Mike Birbiglia
Comedy
Made
Sense
Some
Comedy Central
Audience
Central
People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.
Mike Birbiglia
People
Comedy
Purpose
Come
Always
Coming
Opposed
Goal
Which
Show
Shows
I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.
Mike Birbiglia
Comedy
Try
Attack
Most
Always
Issues
Honest
In terms of comedy, there was a Seinfeldian era of comedy that I love but got played out. Seinfeld was great, but then after him it was people acting like Seinfeld and making observations that we felt like we'd kind of heard before, and then you're seeing Seinfeldian comedy in commercials. Suddenly everything is observational funniness.
Mike Birbiglia
Love
Great
You
People
Comedy
Before
Everything
Out
Kind
Seeing
Seinfeld
Observational
Observations
Like
Terms
Him
Felt
Got
Making
Era
Heard
Commercials
After
Then
Acting
Suddenly
Played
Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!
Mike Birbiglia
Comedy
Divide
Unites
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that when you're starting out in comedy, it's the audience that tells you what's funny about you. And you need to listen to that and make a note of that.
Mike Birbiglia
Funny
You
Writing
Comedy
Interview
Once
Out
Tells
About
Seinfeld
Make
Audience
Listen
Listened
Influenced
Which
Note
Really
Jerry
Starting
Need
Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.
Mike Birbiglia
Time
Comedy
Everybody
Plus
Tragedy
Different
I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.
Mike Epps
Life
Sense Of Humor
Comedy
Humor
Sense
Think
Always
Exists
Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.
Mike Myers
Comedy
Monty
Monty Python
Those
Guinness
Highly
Python
House
Were
Huge
Sellers
Just
James
James Bond
Regarded
Movies
Peter
Peter Sellers
Bond
Alec
Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.
Mike Myers
Comedy
Favourite
Ultimate
Up
Sellers
Grew
Loved
Movies
Peter
Dad
Peter Sellers
British
I never understand when people say, 'Do you do comedy or tragedy?' I don't think they're very much different. They both have to be true, and there isn't a great play in the world that doesn't have funny parts to it - as 'Salesman' does, as 'King Lear' does. The whole idea is to reflect life in some way, which means surely you have to have both.
Mike Nichols
Life
Funny
Great
You
People
World
Comedy
King
Be True
Reflect
Think
Way
Say
People Say
Some
King Lear
Both
Never
True
Idea
Lear
Parts
Surely
Understand
Does
Salesman
Tragedy
Very
Different
Which
Much
Means
Whole
Play
Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.
Mike Nichols
Comedy
Though
Brutal
Powerful
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