Angela Lansbury Quotes

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

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

To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

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.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.

Comedy is very disarming. It's a way to talk about things and still be light-hearted. And when it's done really well, you never see the strings, whereas when you watch an infomercial or a politician speaking, a lot of times you can see the strings, you can see what agenda they're trying to push.

Comedy isn't just timing; it's about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little.

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.

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

Things have to be funny first, and if they want to have a point, that's awesome.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

I think comedy can be a way of sugar-coating a pill that needs to be taken, and whatever I complain about onstage, I hope I justify the negativity by using humour to make the point.

Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.

I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop laughing that they just took something in that's going to start a conversation.