Elizabeth Banks Quotes

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

People... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.'

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

Most of what I write is comedy.

There's not many comedy characters that make me laugh as much as The Rock does; it's nice to have a big muscly guy being funny and stupid.

'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!

Comedy is not an easy genre.

Comedy just comes naturally, so I've always gravitated to comedy.

I think comedy is something I enjoy, so it comes effortlessly.

Comedy can be a lot more fun if you try something unique.

It's a fine line between hack and good comedy.

Humour is ahead of everything creatively. I think if things aren't humorous, they are just crap.

Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort of streak of humor in it.

All genuinely intellectual work is humorous.

There is a universality to comedy.

You can take anything, and if you explore it right, you can make it funny.