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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
Damon Wayans
Family
Key
Humor
Lot
The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
Dan Castellaneta
Time
Freedom
People
Dark
Humor
Despite
Cartoon
More
Gives
Writers
Pushes
Simpsons
Failings
Sophisticated
Always
Line
Normal
Than
Sitcom
Same
Human
Essentially
Decent
Same Time
Decent People
Being
The Simpsons
Really
I tend to like dry humor.
Dan Scanlon
Humor
Tend
Like
Dry
I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.
Dana Carvey
Great
Humor
Country
Too
Intimidated
Out
Tried
Scared
Cross
Cross Country
Had
Go
Lot
Friends
Arts
Senses
Theater
Team
My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.
Dane Cook
Great
Family
Humor
Just
Senses
Them
Regular
You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.
Daniel H. Wilson
Hope
You
Humor
Robot
Section
How
Survive
Uprising
Just
Where
To Survive
Found
Belongs
My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find joy, 'cause they don't feel the joy inside. Or they use humor to keep people out.
Daniel Kaluuya
Class
Experience
People
Joy
Cause
Humor
Down
Background
Out
Find
Inside
London
Feel
Up
Working
Use
Working-Class
Growing
Keep
Growing Up
Cope
Funniest
Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Humor
Someone
More
Had
Like
Always
Five
Than
Experiences
Interesting
One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Day
Great
Women
Comedy
Humor
Type
Say
One Of The Things
Would
Would-Be
Some
Writers
Female
Lots
Just
Just One
Many
Things
Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.
Daniel Woodrell
Humor
Pretty
Similar
Texas
Southern
As I understand from the real military personnel who I've had the opportunity to speak to over the last few years, humor is very much used to diffuse stress. I think that if they were to keep it as serious as the situations often are, there would be a lot more nervous breakdowns.
Daniela Ruah
Speak
Opportunity
Stress
Humor
Nervous
Few
Military
Think
Diffuse
Would
Would-Be
More
Had
Over
Understand
Real
Were
Years
Lot
Very
Often
Situations
Personnel
Much
Used
Who
Military Personnel
Serious
Keep
Last
Last Few Years
Kerry Washington is the most fun: she cracks me up! Everyone talks about how drop-dead gorgeous, smart, and fashionable she is, and she is all of that, but I must add she's the hugest goofball. She has the best sense of humor and lightheartedness that makes coming into work every day so delightful.
Darby Stanchfield
Work
Best
Day
Me
Sense Of Humor
Every Day
Smart
Gorgeous
Humor
Sense
Every
Add
Everyone
Must
About
Delightful
Goofball
Most
She
Talks
Makes
How
Coming
Up
Cracks
Fun
Washington
Fashionable
Kerry
When I did 'Sex and the City,' it was like, 'Let's do a comedy where the humor is not coming from innuendo but from the a truthful place. This is a show where we're going to be able to say and do what we want.'
Darren Star
Comedy
Humor
Sex
Innuendo
Say
Sex And The City
City
Able
Like
Coming
Truthful
Did
Going
Where
Want
Place
Show
I've got a sense of humor. I'm a funny guy.
Daryl Hall
Funny
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Funny Guy
Guy
Got
A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.
Dav Pilkey
Good
You
Book
Humor
Feeling
Kinda
Something
Potty
Split
Hot
Missing
Suppose
Like
Without
Still
Banana
Get
It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.
Dav Pilkey
Me
Hate
Humor
Reading
Too
Books
Kids
Find
Comprehend
Take
Wrong
Stuff
Sophisticated
Ideas
Make
Read
Forever
Get
Often
Irresistible
Wanted
Decided
Used
Hard
Who
Captain
Challenging
I guess I've kind of recognized what my worth is and what my specific brand of humor is. And that's not necessarily being the guy who's super witty and saying a joke every second. I'm the guy who you throw in a bizarre scenario, and I'll play it as real as possible.
Dave Franco
Saying
You
Worth
Humor
Joke
Every
Guess
Recognized
Possible
Kind
Bizarre
Super
Guy
Scenario
Throw
Witty
Real
Brand
Being
Who
Specific
Play
Necessarily
Second
Every Second
I'm not 17 anymore. I still have some of the same sort of anger, but I have a sense of humor about it... a sense of being constructive with that anger.
Dave Pirner
Anger
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Some
About
Constructive
Sort
Still
Same
Being
Anymore
There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
David Duchovny
Character
You
Learning
Try
Humor
First
Way
About
Physically
Emotionally
Learned
Often
Place
Them
Certain
Acting
Certain Things
Things
Started
I'm a big fan of independent girls who are strong-willed, vocal in their opinions, and have a sense of humor.
David Lambert
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Girl
Big
Sense
Independent
Strong-Willed
Vocal
Opinions
Big Fan
Fan
Who
Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.
David Lynch
Life
Time
Me
Comedy
Humor
Real Life
Films
Absurd
Like
Comedies
Real
Very
From Time To Time
Just
Interesting
Them
On April 3, 2014, Jane Goodall turned 80. The iconic blond ponytail has gone gray, but the sparkle of intelligence, sly humor, and fierce dedication still shines from her hazel eyes.
David Quammen
Eyes
Intelligence
Humor
Gone
Dedication
April
Sly
Still
Shines
Blond
Jane
Ponytail
Fierce
Iconic
Turned
Sparkle
Her
Gray
I'm not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that's the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it's actually kicking human frailty while it's down - I'm not sure.
David Rakoff
Hope
Respect
Humanity
World
Humor
Down
Frailty
Guess
Unless
Kicking
Favorite
Kind
Favorite Things
Sure
Least
Human
While
Among
Actually
Things
The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
David Sedaris
Humor
Section
Collections
Cartoons
Put
Stuff
Cathy
Author
Wants
Place
Next
Your
Last
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
David Sedaris
You
People
Writing
Humor
Older
Think
Too
Sign
See
Written
Stuff
Look
Amateur
Lot
Trying
Hard
I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.
David Steinberg
Comedy
Humor
Nothing
More
Off
Than
Really
Dissect
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