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Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.
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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
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People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
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Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.
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Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.
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The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.
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The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
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The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
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The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.
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The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
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The highest of highs is to have a new routine that you're just breaking in and that's working, and that's - you're one step removed doing a situation comedy because you have a live audience there.
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The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.
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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
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The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad.
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