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The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There's a lot of supposed tween comedy on TV that isn't particularly funny, but it's got a lot of laugh track. And I go, 'Please don't watch that. Please just watch something that's actually funny.'
Stephen Colbert
Funny
Comedy
Please
Kids
Laugh
Laugh Track
TV
Something
Only
Like
Supposed
Particularly
Track
Got
Go
Lot
Just
The Only Thing
Actually
Thing
Watch
Watching
I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.
Stephen Gaghan
Satire
Writing
Comedy
Came
Hollywood
Originally
We watch a romantic comedy because we want to cry, say, or an action movie so we can participate in heroics. Horror's different. It can hit you with a moment of revulsion so hard you might want to erase the last five minutes of your life, please.
Stephen Graham Jones
Life
You
Comedy
Action
Please
Say
Minutes
Horror
Participate
Cry
Because
Erase
Five
Hit
Revulsion
Different
Want
Movie
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Might
Your
Hard
Moment
Action Movie
Watch
Last
I'd like to do a bit of comedy.
Stephen Hunter
Comedy
Bit
Like
'Sons of the Prophet' is a dark comedy about human suffering. The play explores the particularly messy portions of life - the times where you find yourself coping with multiple life issues, and before any of them can be resolved, two more show up on your plate. We've all been there, I'd wager.
Stephen Karam
Life
You
Suffering
Yourself
Dark
Comedy
Before
Resolved
Find
About
More
Prophet
Sons
Particularly
Messy
Wager
Issues
Been
Up
Times
Any
Human
Where
Them
Your
Show
Multiple
Plate
Human Suffering
Play
Portions
Coping
Two
I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.
Stephen Mangan
Human Being
Dark
Comedy
Difficult
Way
Some
Tackling
Most
Am
Passionate
Human
Being
Aspects
Believer
Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.
Stephen Mangan
Funny
People
Comedy
Will
Some People
Find
Some
Very
Personal
Personal Thing
Thing
I very rarely laugh. I remember I used to have a joy at comedy. I remember going to see Sean Lock for the first time live, just in some comedy club when I was 18, and again, just guttural, pure laughter. I didn't know what he was doing; I couldn't see the tricks.
Stephen Merchant
Time
Joy
Remember
Comedy
Laughter
Pure
First
Club
Live
Lock
Laugh
Tricks
See
Rarely
Some
He
Know
Comedy Club
First Time
Doing
Very
Going
Just
Again
Used
Sean
I guess as you get older you sort of see the mechanics, even with the best comedians. There's admiration for people I admire, but it's not guttural laughter. It's a wry 'Oh, well done, sir.' But I sort of miss that slightly; I miss the raw joy of comedy I used to get.
Stephen Merchant
Best
You
People
Joy
Comedy
Laughter
Older
Guess
Slightly
Admiration
Admire
See
Raw
Miss
Comedians
Well
Well Done
Sort
Sir
Get
Done
Oh
Used
Mechanics
Even
In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.
Stephen Root
Funny
Truth
Character
You
Comedy
Truthful
Going
Being
Order
Moment
Play
Basis
I'm definitely a romantic comedy dude because I'm a big romantic at heart. I'm a softy, so it's always nice to watch movies that make you think that love at first sight is actually possible.
Sterling Knight
Love
You
Heart
Comedy
First
Big
Nice
Think
Sight
Definitely
Possible
Make
Because
Always
Dude
Love At First Sight
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Movies
Actually
Watch
For me to make a living acting silly for as long as I can get away with it, I think the most viable way to make that happen is to evolve into more traditional comedy. I've really been putting in the work.
Steve-O
Work
Me
Comedy
Long
Living
Think
Way
Evolve
Silly
More
Putting
Most
Make
Traditional
Been
Get
Viable
Happen
Really
Acting
Away
Many comedians and comedy writers have shared the childhood experience of learning to joke to protect themselves from neighborhood bullies when challenge or physical defense were not among the sensible options.
Steve Allen
Learning
Experience
Comedy
Challenge
Joke
Defense
Neighborhood
Physical
Writers
Shared
Comedians
Protect
Were
Bullies
Options
Childhood
Sensible
Themselves
Many
Among
Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.
Steve Carell
Time
Fashion
Comedy
Changes
Like
Taste
I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want to do something in order to prove to other people what I can do.
Steve Carell
People
Comedy
Whatever
Other
Drama
About
Something
Remain
Never
Employed
Prove
Doing
Precious
Just
Order
Want
I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.
Steve Carell
Funny
Mistake
Comedy
Think
Drama
Tries
Someone
Known
Does
Doing
Just
There are a lot of action movies with very little comedy.
Steve Carr
Comedy
Action
Lot
Very
Little
Movies
Action Movies
If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.
Steve Coogan
Funny
Great
Silence
You
People
Simple
Comedy
Funny People
Dramatic
Laugh
Stuff
Know
Because
Sitting
Often
Then
Your
Premise
Actor
Enjoying
But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.
Steve Coogan
Funny
People
Simple
Comedy
Funny People
Laugh
Premise
Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.
Steve Coogan
Noise
Comedy
Laughter
Sense
Everyone
Makes
Unique
Palpable
The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
Steve Coogan
Funny
Great
Comedy
Old
Getting Old
Side
Great Thing
Getting
Fuel
Thing
Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.
Steve Coogan
Good
Reality
Comedy
Big
Reflect
Think
Some
Like
Sort
Truthful
Things
I don't like comedy that I think is bad comedy, where people are trying to be sick for the sake of it, where there's no intellectual point behind it. I like stuff that's got an underlying point of view.
Steve Coogan
People
Comedy
Think
Sick
Bad
Point
Point Of View
Stuff
Like
Underlying
Got
Sake
Intellectual
Trying
Behind
Where
View
It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.
Steve Guttenberg
Good
Comedy
Jim
Jim Carrey
Machines
Xerox
Known
Copying
Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.
Steve Guttenberg
You
Comedy
Few
Drama
Unless
Cary Grant
Guys
Jack
Grant
Who
There is this idea in comedy that you don't want to look like you care about your appearance because that takes away from what's real, what's important. And the real stuff is what's funny.
Steve Howey
Funny
You
Comedy
Care
Important
About
Takes
Idea
Stuff
Like
Look
Because
Real
Want
Your
Appearance
Away
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