Andrew Dominik Quotes

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

'Irony' is such an over-used word.

I tend to like dry humor.

Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

Some sarcasm is best told simply.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.

I detest jokes - when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn't know it's funny or doesn't treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it's a sort of rage against society.

The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.

Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.

I find something funny when it lives on many levels - a level of self-deprecation, of knowledge and heightened reality.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally.

Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.