#comedy

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#energy #focus #hard #hitting #like

I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year. ↗

— Todd Barry

#again #basically #booked #comedy #did

I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage. ↗

— Todd Barry

#comedy #comic #could #decide #during

People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people. ↗

— Todd Barry

#certain #certain extent #comedy #extent #i

A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#any #because #comedy #factor #ground

I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#audience #because #comedy #enjoy #everyman

The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#community #doing #each #friendly #i

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy. ↗

— Alan Bates

#book #comedy #even #go #you

My theory is that comedy comes from little people. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#comes #little #little people #people #theory

My background is in musical comedy. ↗