Dick Cavett Quotes

I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time.

I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing.

I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.

Comedy is my favorite genre. I think it often doesn't get the respect it deserves, and I think one of the reasons is there was a tradition in the past of comedy looking kind of brightly lit and like a sitcom.

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.

When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

I love mockumentaries. When they're done right, they're really good.

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

I haven't done much comedy; I would love to. I love doing dramatic roles, but I'd love to do comedy. I think it would be refreshing.

I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.

I had wanted to do a comedy.

Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.

If you like quick put-downs and aggressive interactions with the audience, you will probably not enjoy the rambles of an unusual character act making jokes about cats for an hour.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

'Naked Gun 33 1/3' I think made me laugh more than anything ever made.

Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny, maybe where I could change my look even a little bit.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

Comedy is king for me; it's the genre that everyone loves.

I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.

The Marx Brothers isn't subtle, and that's hilarious.