Daniel Lissing Quotes

I know all the words to 'I'm on a Boat.'

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy.

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

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

When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.

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.

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

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

In terms of pure comedic value, 'Tootsie' is brilliant.

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

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

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

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

Every day, there's something that makes you go, 'Is this Funny or Die?' That can't be a real headline.

The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith's 'What It Was, Was Football.' I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn't know what any of it meant.

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

Comedy is a weird thing.

It would be pretty awesome to hear Eminem singing 'I'm a Good Girl'. Haha! Love Eminem!