I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator..
The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it..
Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant..
It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't..
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people..
I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination..
There are two things you can't argue in film: comedy and eroticism. If something doesn't make you laugh, no one can tell you why it's funny, and it's….
I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the back of the auditorium, to the back of….
Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously..
Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners..
I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented..
My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding..
I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat. When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour..
Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out..
Most of my comedy is accidental, I would say. If I don't know what the joke is, I'm going to play it better than if I do..
25, 30 years ago, that meant something, they were making some money. And they were doing all sorts of comedy, screaming at the audience, basically cr….
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny..
Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut..
With a comedy, it's so important to see it with an audience and an audience who really wants to be there and is enthusiastic, otherwise it can be qui….
Comedy is a camouflage for depression..
I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life..