Rick Famuyiwa Quotes

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.

I like things that are sort of comic and humorous rather than satirical.

Sometimes it's difficult to laugh at certain things but comedy can help.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy should be easy, not laboured.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

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

I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.

I don't think that there's necessarily a side to drama that has to be completely bleak. You have to have a flicker of humor 'cause everyone has a flicker of humor, something they find funny in life.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

There was a lot about the military that I thought was pretty silly, but these cartoons weren't meant to take a poke at anybody or anything. They were meant to make people laugh.

We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.'

Hollywood comedy has gotten really silly and absurd, and I like that.

There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.