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• The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

  Wendy Wasserstein

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  Tags in Reason, Pain, Comedy

• Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

  Warren Mitchell

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• I think I’ve only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

  Carter Burwell

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• I think it’s because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that’s real.

  Wanda Sykes

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• And then also I think it’s harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

  Wanda Sykes

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• It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

  Wanda Sykes

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• Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

  Wanda Sykes

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• It’s a lot of work and I also feel like I’ve done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.

  Adam Arkin

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  Tags in Comedy, Done, Feel

• I’m a huge fan of ‘Community’; it’s, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on television and has been for a long time.

  Emma Caulfield

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• I think my strongest suit is comedy. I certainly have limits in other areas.

  Emma Caulfield

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• I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.

  Richard Russo

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• I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

  Carrie Brownstein

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• If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what’s funny in the joke.

  Richard Russo

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• I would never say never to returning to comedy.

  Eric Bana

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• To me, the musical is best when it’s a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that’s what the musical does best.

  Eric Idle

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  Tags in Best, Musical, Comedy

• Comedy is tragedy plus time.

  Carol Burnett

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• Together with script writers Syd green and Dick Hills, we worked on the comedy ideas for this series.

  Eric Morecambe

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• I love doing comedy – I get a laugh out of it, it’s not so serious.

  Carmen Electra

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• Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note – and we won!

  Richard Anthony Marin

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• Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

  Richard Alva Cavett

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