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As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.
Sandra Bullock
Work
Me
Comedy
Whatever
Dramatic
Dramatic Work
More
Over
Doing
Turns
Moment
Comedy is wonderful when you really nail it and you hear people laughing, but it's not always that easy.
Sandra Bullock
You
People
Wonderful
Comedy
Laughing
Easy
Nail
Always
Hear
Hear People
Really
I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance.
Sandra Oh
Me
Joy
Comedy
Young
Think
Carol
Carol Burnett
Out
Kind
Performance
Spontaneity
Within
Came
Affected
Very
Just
Burnett
Really
Show
Deeply
Her
It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Me
World
Comedy
Goodness
Humour
Though
Structure
Only
Around
Felt
Always
Were
Referred
Very
Gracious
Interested
Asian
Shown
Even
Here
British
I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Funny
Comedy
Word
Monty
Monty Python
Slightly
Could
Python
Come
Liked
Were
References
Up
Greatly
Very
Just
Influenced
Literary
Satirical
Saucy
Set
I love comedy, I love comedy... I think I'm funny!
Santigold
Love
Funny
Comedy
Think
I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
Saoirse Ronan
Love
Funny
Women
Comedy
Brilliant
Those
Like
Lot
Tina
Tina Fey
Fey
Really
Who
Actor
Actress
Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.
Sara Paretsky
Ride
Comedy
Country
Rich
Gritty
Astonishing
Way
Ghost
Magic
Blended
Along
Said
Affecting
Reviewers
Chicago
Realism
Urban
Mean
Breathtaking
Streets
The definition of comedy is 'unsafe space' - you can't control what people laugh at.
Sara Pascoe
You
People
Comedy
Space
Control
Definition
Laugh
Unsafe
Someone who didn't do comedy might think it was awful to have someone talking about you. But I just love the attention, even if I'm not there.
Sara Pascoe
Love
You
Comedy
Think
About
Someone
Attention
Talking
Just
Might
Who
Even
Awful
Comedy, surprisingly for a form that intends to bring joy and joviality, is always upsetting people. Jokes rely on broad strokes, stereotypes, caricatures, exaggerations and simplifications.
Sara Pascoe
Jokes
People
Joy
Comedy
Broad
Caricatures
Strokes
Rely
Stereotypes
Always
Surprisingly
Upsetting
Form
Bring
When I started watching comedy there was a lot of negativity about women; a lot of comics were spewing out aggressive, violent and negative material.
Sara Pascoe
Women
Comedy
Negative
Aggressive
Negativity
Out
About
Material
Comics
Were
Lot
Started
Watching
Violent
The appeal of comedy is that you're not going to look your best. Dressing up or dressing down is something I love and feel very comfortable doing. I feel at my least comfortable when I have to look at my best.
Sarah Alexander
Love
Best
You
Comedy
Down
Dressing
Something
Feel
Look
Comfortable
Least
Doing
Up
Very
Going
Your
Appeal
People in comedy are just gorgeous, just the best human beings. They are naturally interested in other people and in playing something other than themselves.
Sarah Alexander
Best
People
Comedy
Gorgeous
Other
Something
Than
Human
Just
Human Beings
Interested
Themselves
Naturally
Beings
Playing
The secret of comedy is enjoying it. If you're not laughing, it's not going to be funny.
Sarah Alexander
Funny
You
Comedy
Secret
Laughing
Going
The Secret Of
Enjoying
Having started in theatre, for a long time I wanted to be a classical actress. But I've always loved making people laugh - at school, I was quite mischievous, and bit by bit, I found myself working more and more in comedy.
Sarah Alexander
Time
Myself
Theatre
People
School
Comedy
Long
Long Time
Bit
Laugh
Classical
Having
More
More And More
Mischievous
Always
Making
Quite
Wanted
Loved
Working
Found
Actress
Started
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Women
Comedy
Films
Drama
Top
Television
Run
Genre
Still
Women Are
Getting
Anything
Really
My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and know exactly what was going on in my life.
Sarah Silverman
Life
Comedy
Old
Random
My Life
Joke
Back
Exactly
Exactly What
Journal
Know
Look
Same
Going
Notebooks
Filled
I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.
Sarah Silverman
Comedy
Never
Material
Subjective
Defend
I love a lot of comedy movies. I think I fell in love with comedy when I was younger. My brother and I would always sit down and watch some of the classics. 'Bottle Rocket' is one of my favorite comedies.
Sarah Wright
Love
Comedy
Sit
Down
Think
Favorite
Would
Brother
Some
Classics
Bottle
Fell
Comedies
Always
Rocket
Lot
Movies
Younger
Watch
Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.
Sasha Grey
Comedy
Big
Action
Drama
Willing
Between
Boy
Prove
Anything
In-Between
Whether
Action Film
Film
Play
When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff.
Sasheer Zamata
Life
Comedy
Thought
My Life
Broadway
Would
Stuff
New
Know
How
How Much
Improv
York
Going
Moved
New York
Theater
Much
Play
I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going to be an actor financially, emotionally, egotistically.
Scott Adsit
Future
Comedy
Thought
Financially
City
Never
Emotionally
Knew
Looked
Always
Going
Acting
Even
Actor
Second
Second City
After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented.
Scott Aukerman
Comedy
Strict
Made
Think
Boom
Those
Structure
Could
Had
Observational
Touring
Mainly
Performance
Comedians
Were
Very
Order
After
Formula
Successful
Certain
Act
Who
Oriented
I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I was asked to do a bit at The Comedy Store, and B.J. Porter and I went to see Bob and David - who I'd never heard of - do a live show, which was one of the shows that got them the 'Mr. Show' show.
Scott Aukerman
Me
Comedy
Live
Think
Bit
See
David
Never
Because
Got
Doing
Heard
Huge
Huge Influence
Influence
Store
Literally
Which
Them
Bob
Asked
Show
Reason
Who
Shows
Porter
Started
I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.
Scott Aukerman
Work
Comedy
World-Class
Spent
Okay
Kind
Could
Had
Bought
Stuff
Devote
Gets
Regard
Screenwriter
Mean
Now
Right
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