Ben Miller Quotes

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

I really believe that comedy is an incredible tool, and you can use it in many ways.

Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

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

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

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

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

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

I had wanted to do a comedy.

The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.

I love smart comedy.

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

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

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

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

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

My films are comical films. They are made to laugh at. They are comical - and scientifically correct.

Comedy is very, very hard to achieve.

I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.

Most of what I write is comedy.

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

Comedy is hard. Any idiot can have an opinion.