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I can't think of another place other than TV where a five-person sketch comedy group could make a living.
Adam Conover
Comedy
Group
Living
Think
Other
TV
Could
Make
Another
Than
Where
Place
Sketch
Sketch Comedy
I don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time.
Deirdre O'Kane
You
Comedy
Part-Time
Like
Halves
Doing
Realised
Stand-Up Comedy
Things
I love doing humorous roles and I write my characters that way. But I haven't received many offers from others to do comedy.
Sreenivasan
Love
Comedy
Others
Humorous
Way
Characters
I Love
I Write
Write
Doing
Offers
Roles
Many
Received
I’d always liked having a laugh with my friends, and I’d done comedy in plays; but then my friends asked me to join this improv troupe and it went well and I started performing with them.
Rachel Parris
Me
Comedy
Laugh
Having
Join
Troupe
Performing
Liked
Well
Always
Friends
Improv
Done
Them
Then
Asked
Started
Plays
I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!
Rachel Parris
Me
Confidence
Comedy
Try
Think
Gave
I Think
Doing
Improv
Started
I'm not a fan of stand-up comedy, personally. But some of them are incredibly skilled.
Bob Mortimer
Comedy
Incredibly
Some
Fan
Them
Personally
Skilled
Stand-Up Comedy
As soon as I saw 'Chinglish' on Broadway, I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film.
Justin Lin
Smart
Comedy
Saw
Broadway
Insightful
Soon
Envision
Began
Film
'Monkey Island 2' was a huge game for me. It kind of taught me all about comedy.
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Me
Game
Comedy
Monkey
Kind
About
Island
Huge
Taught
My comedy comes from the actual music itself - they're observational musical gags. I could take the music away and it would just be some words.
Bill Bailey
Music
Words
Comedy
Just Be
Musical
Would
Some
Could
Take
Observational
Itself
Just
Away
Actual
These guys Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac claim they're the Kings of Comedy. They may be funny, but they ain't no kings. That title is reserved for Rudy Ray Moore and Redd Foxx.
Rudy Ray Moore
Funny
Comedy
Mac
Claim
Harvey
Moore
Entertainer
Kings
Guys
Ray
Steve
May
Title
Reserved
You can still have comedy which is sensitive to the topic, where you’re laughing at the right part of it, you’re not mocking the things that shouldn’t be mocked.
Rachel Parris
You
Comedy
Topic
Laughing
Part
Still
Mocked
Mocking
Where
Which
Sensitive
Right
Things
Comedy is not easy to do - where you make someone laugh out loud in their living room.
Ed O'Neill
You
Comedy
Living
Laugh
Out
Easy
Someone
Make
Loud
Where
Room
Living Room
Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.
Michael O'Donoghue
People
Comedy
Laugh
Making
Form
Lowest
Lowest Form
There's an infectiousness to comedy. It's meant to be shared and spread, so I feel like any message that you're talking about through the vehicle of comedy is going to get further than if you just straightforwardly said it.
Jaboukie Young-White
You
Comedy
Further
I Feel
I Feel Like
About
Through
Shared
Vehicle
Feel
Like
Message
Talking
Said
Spread
Than
Get
Any
Going
Just
Meant
Meant To Be
Comedy has no rules, per se.
Adam Conover
Comedy
Rules
Per
No Rules
The truth is that I don't really understand the concept of having an old-fashioned sense of humour, because to me fashion is about clothes not comedy.
Lee Mack
Truth
Fashion
Me
Truth Is
Comedy
Clothes
Sense
Humour
About
Having
Concept
Because
Understand
Really
Old-Fashioned
The problem isn't that there's not enough women in panel games. The problem is there's not enough women in comedy in general.
Lee Mack
Women
Problem
Comedy
Enough
Panel
General
Games
Doing comedy is very difficult and if you do it perfectly you can do any kind of roles.
Brahmanandam
You
Comedy
Difficult
Kind
Perfectly
Doing
Very
Roles
Any
If you are writing comedy and try to please everybody, you'll please nobody.
Brendan O'Carroll
You
Writing
Comedy
Try
Everybody
Please
Nobody
Raju Gadu' is a situational comedy where I play a fun and bubbly character. She's a proper Andhra girl who's modern but loves donning desi looks.
Amyra Dastur
Character
Comedy
Girl
Proper
She
Looks
Modern
Situational
Where
Loves
Fun
Play
I enjoy doing all kinds of roles, but I don't want to be restricted to comedy alone.
Paresh Rawal
Alone
Comedy
Enjoy
Kinds
Restricted
Doing
Roles
Want
Doing comedy stuff is maybe more fun, but maybe the serious stuff is a little bit more rewarding.
Adam Page
Comedy
Bit
More
Stuff
Doing
Maybe
Rewarding
Little
Little Bit
Fun
Serious
All kinds of things have gone into my shows - cajun and rock bands, Bollywood, Kraftwerk tributes, effects and so on. As long as it services the comedy, everything is up for grabs.
Bill Bailey
Comedy
Long
Gone
Everything
Kinds
Rock
Rock Bands
Up
Effects
Bands
Shows
Bollywood
Things
Services
I have done comedy and romance. So I thought why not try negative roles too.
Suniel Shetty
Comedy
Try
Negative
Thought
Too
Roles
Done
Romance
Why
Why Not
I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.
Lee Mack
Comedy
Sliding
Scale
Look
Comedy is my soft spot.
Javed Jaffrey
Comedy
Soft Spot
Spot
Soft
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