Michael Keaton Quotes

I am a complete sucker for funny films. There is something so therapeutic about laughing until you cry.

But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.

The prospects for a coherent, hilarious and consistent American comedy seem to lessen every year, as the poor waterlogged, gassy corpse called 'Evan Almighty' proved when it floated ashore recently. So there's a temptation to think too highly of Robin Williams's uneven but occasionally funny 'License to Wed.'

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

When I was in high school, there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart, funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny.

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.

I like all Jim Carrey films. They're really funny.

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.

It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a year? Maybe one or two? And then, in those movies, what are the chances that there's a character that I'm the best fit to play? It's really small!

Hollywood's just not funny.

I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh.

All of the films I'm doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That's the zone where I'd like to play and have fun in.

And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

I like comedies in general.

When I am depressed, I watch these three films: 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi,' 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron,' and 'Padosan.' They really make me laugh.

I don't watch any other comedy, I don't study stand-up as an art.

I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying.

I grew up in a household where we watched a lot of comedy. It's just something I've always enjoyed.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

I was mostly into comedies, growing up. That still will always be my favorite thing.

I don't think there's that many great 90-minute comedies.

I was voted Most Humorous in my senior class in high school, and I was a fan of comedy, my whole life. I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched Saturday Night Live religiously. I've just been a fan of comedy, my whole life.

The girls that I grew up with, and my friends and I, we just never had interests in common. I loved comedy. I loved Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, and Goldie Hawn movies. I just wanted to laugh. I liked women in comedy, and I liked male comics as I got a little older. My interests just never matched up with other girls'.

I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy. Of course, nobody loves bad comedy, but there's a lot of bad comedy out there.