#comedy

I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#i #myself #nature #never #sort

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. ↗

— James Thurber

#libel #limitations #only #rules #taste

Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man. ↗

— Louis C.K.

#comedian #comedy #family #fuck-it #funny

I loved that about her because I knew it would open the door for a lot of comedy, because I knew that the conflict would come, because not many people live like the way she does. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#because #come #comedy #conflict #does

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#comedy #condition #human #human condition #i

In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#america #american #bring #canadian #comedy

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. ↗

— James Thurber

#appreciative #audience #cannot #chuckle #comedy

For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages. ↗

— David Fincher

#hours #long #longer #marriages #most

When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy. ↗

— Albert Finney

#change #comedy #her #how #i

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. ↗

— Colin Firth

#almost #because #choices #comedy #errors