Adam Rapp Quotes

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

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

I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

Just because a subject is serious doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of absurdities.

I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.

When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

I think I was born with a natural way of looking at something and trying to find the ways in which it was odd or funny, Even in the sad or angry stuff, I was, 'Well, but where is the funny part of this?'

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

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

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

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

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier.

Funny is when you're serious.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

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

Now I find seriousness to be rather ridiculous.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

It's my job to be ridiculous.

In comedy you are allowed to be weird - and even applauded for it.