Chris Farley Quotes

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

Unintentional comedy is comedy just the same.

I like really stupid comedies.

I like idiotic comedies.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody in the show can afford to cling on to any vanity, because we're always going to push the humiliation levels.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

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

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

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

I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland.

For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else.

I love physical comedy. I adore comedy of any kind.

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.

I'm like a sight gag.

I am into comedy.

Comedy as a genre is the one that has given me maximum success, and I do broadly get associated with this genre. I thoroughly enjoy comedy, especially because it is inherent to my personality.

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

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.