Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

What makes me laugh is, of course, the absurd, the horror - anything that upsets me.

I like really bad puns - proper, red-top, nasty puns - I find them funny.

You know, funny can be universal.

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

I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

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

The best shows to tweet about are the ones that are hilarious, but they might not necessarily be trying to be hilarious. Those are the easiest and the funniest because you're like 'come onnnn.'

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.

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 didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.

I'm like a sight gag.

I'd love to be able to do a comedy like 'Dr. Strangelove.' I'm not a very serious person. Really, I'm very silly.

If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke.

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.