James Wolcott Quotes

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.'

'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I do more comedy, actually. I don't do the classic novelas.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

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

'Saturday Night Live' was the joy of my life.

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

There are too many fawning entertainment shows out there and not one of them is making fun of it all.

Comedy is king for me; it's the genre that everyone loves.

I love period dramas and language, but I love comedy as well.

On 'Robot Chicken' we parodied a lot of things but it was done out of love.

I like idiotic comedies.

I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

I would love to do a comedy, but comedy probably in the sense of a dark comedy like 'Californication,' that sort of thing. Yeah, sure, I think I'm funny.