Colm Meaney Quotes

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

Writing comedy is a superpower.

Comedy is not an easy genre.

Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort of streak of humor in it.

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

I don't write punch lines.

I honestly think comedy is probably the hardest stuff to do.

Comedy is very, very hard to achieve.

Most of what I write is comedy.

Comedy makes me soar, and comedy is very serious business.

I'm a huge fan of comedy. I write material whenever I can.

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.