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When I first got to New York, Comedy Central was the only place to go if you weren't on HBO or network. And then FX, Adult Swim, and other sort of ventures came up, and all of a sudden there were other places to go, and I think Comedy Central is making a concerted effort to become a place where smart, funny weirdoes can come and do their stuff.
Nick Kroll
Funny
You
Smart
Comedy
First
Become
Think
Other
Network
Only
Adult
Stuff
New
Come
Comedy Central
Ventures
Sort
Concerted Effort
Got
Making
Came
Go
Were
Up
Effort
York
New York
Where
Place
Central
Places
Then
Swim
Sudden
I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it's usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see people fail for comedy, and they like to see people succeed for the drama and emotion.
Nick Kroll
Failure
People
Comedy
Try
Rise Above
Nice
Think
Drama
See
Somehow
Rise
Someone
Triumph
Above
Emotion
Fail
Like
Want
Storytelling
Succeed
Start
I've predominantly done comedy over the years.
Nicky Whelan
Comedy
Over
Years
Done
My intent when I moved to L.A. was to get in good with the comedy clubs and, eventually, try to break into Comedy Central and have my half hour special.
Nico Santos
Good
Comedy
Try
Half
Hour
Comedy Central
Get
Intent
Moved
Break
Central
Clubs
Special
Eventually
I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school and college. And my background's in comedy, and your friends are just your peers in comedy, which is a whole mix of people.
Nico Santos
People
School
Comedy
College
State
Peers
Background
High
High School
High School And College
Come
Mix
Lot
Friends
Just
Which
Asian
Oregon
Really
Your
Whole
I was on a tour of a Restoration comedy in 1996, and in Moscow we stayed at the Metropole hotel, off Red Square. The food there was opulent, but in the Maly theatre canteen, there were just a few pieces of rye bread, peanuts, and gherkins. I stood in the queue and burst into tears.
Nicola Walker
Food
Theatre
Comedy
Tears
Few
Stayed
Restoration
Tour
Red
Hotel
Moscow
Pieces
Were
Off
Queue
Square
Stood
Just
Bread
Burst
Peanuts
You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can't let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically.
Nicolas Cage
You
People
Comedy
Action
Other
Way
Indie
Something
Label
Get
Trying
Wanting
Then
Action Film
Film
I would love to make a romantic comedy.
Nicolas Winding Refn
Love
Comedy
Would
Make
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.
Nicole Ari Parker
Me
Comedy
Nobody
Knows
Got
Little
Really
The way I toe the line with comedy is I run jokes past people.
Nicole Byer
Jokes
People
Comedy
Past
Way
Run
Line
Toe
I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!
Nicole Byer
Funny
Women
Hate
Comedy
Men
OK
Emphasis
Yes
Just
Comedy is subjective, so if you don't like it, that's fine.
Nicole Byer
You
Comedy
Fine
Like
Subjective
Feeling supported when you are doing comedy is the best way to make comedy - at least, that's how I think.
Nicole Byer
Best
You
Comedy
Feeling
Think
Way
Best Way
Supported
Make
How
Least
Doing
If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.
Nicole Sullivan
You
Comedy
First
Learn
How
Want
Sketch
Sketch Comedy
Act
Even
Actor
Need
I nannied for a couple of months. The kids were super-funny; it made me wish I grew up in a comedy household. But nannying is demoralizing. I'm just not cut out for it.
Nikki Glaser
Me
Comedy
Made
Wish
Months
Kids
Out
Couple
Household
Demoralizing
Were
Up
Just
Grew
Cut
As far as how I approach the humor, I think the best comedy is going to happen when I'm myself and act organically to a news item or situation.
Nikki Glaser
Best
Myself
News
Comedy
Humor
Situation
Think
Approach
How
Item
Going
As Far As
Happen
Far
Organically
Act
When I did 'Nikki and Sara Live,' I think a lot of the comedy got lost because we were always so worried about how we looked, and so was the network.
Nikki Glaser
Comedy
Lost
Live
Think
Worried
About
Network
Looked
Because
Always
Got
How
Were
Lot
Did
I started out splitting my time between the Kansas City and St. Louis comedy scenes, which both had bluer sensibilities than other cities that I've worked.
Nikki Glaser
Time
Comedy
Other
Out
Cities
City
My Time
Scenes
Both
Had
Splitting
Between
Louis
Than
St. Louis
Sensibilities
Which
Worked
Kansas
Kansas City
Started
Sarah Silverman. She's the reason I do comedy. Her DNC speech was my favorite thing I ever heard. Sitting down with her and laughing would be incredible.
Nikki Glaser
Comedy
Down
Incredible
Favorite
Laughing
Favorite Thing
Would
Would-Be
She
Heard
Sitting
Reason
Sarah
Ever
Her
Thing
Speech
I definitely think that comedy is my niche.
Nikki Ziering
Comedy
Think
Definitely
Niche
Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is 'You've Been Framed!' It satisfies all of us. It's universal, and we all laugh a lot.
Nina Conti
Time
Family
You
Comedy
Framed
Laugh
Something
Tend
Comedians
Because
Around
Been
Lot
Us
Whole
Satisfies
Downtime
Watch
Universal
Comedy is probably a lot harder for me. Maybe it's because I've been doing drama for so long or maybe it's because... you don't want to search for a laugh; you can't try to be funny, you just have to naturally be funny or be in a situation that's funny.
Nina Dobrev
Funny
Me
You
Comedy
Try
Long
Situation
Drama
Laugh
Because
Doing
Been
Lot
Maybe
Just
Want
Naturally
Search
Harder
Through eight years, 'How I Met Your Mother' has mastered the art of leading-edge comedy, emotional water-cooler moments, and pop culture catch-phrases.
Nina Tassler
Art
Culture
Comedy
Mother
Met
Through
Emotional
Mastered
How
Years
Eight
Pop
Pop Culture
Your
Moments
I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.
Noah Baumbach
Death
People
Comedy
Control
Say
Laugh
Laughing
Would
Find
Some
Studio
Suppose
Executive
Very
Same
Different
Places
Movies
Different Places
Obviously, when you do something with drama and comedy in it - and by that, I mean a scene that has drama and comedy in it - you know the minute you introduce music, you're either scoring the drama or you're scoring the comedy, and therefore the scene becomes either dramatic or comedic.
Noah Hawley
Music
You
Comedy
Drama
Dramatic
Introduce
Minute
Something
Scene
Know
Comedic
Obviously
Becomes
Scoring
Either
Mean
Therefore
The Goons were always one of our favourites; we always felt we were in that tradition - Goons, Monty Python, Peter Cook, Vic and Bob, Spike Milligan. We felt we were part of that lineage, but in England, it wasn't happening like that. There was a brand of comedy like 'The Office,' which was very real.
Noel Fielding
Comedy
Our
Monty
Monty Python
Spike
Favourites
Part
Python
Like
Felt
Always
Real
Tradition
Were
Lineage
Very
Brand
Office
Happening
Which
Bob
Cook
England
Peter
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