David Hyde Pierce Quotes

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.

I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility to escape that darkness. So, for me, humor is an attempt to capture everyday tragedy and everyday hopeful moments that we experience all of the time.

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

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

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

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

I don't think it's a contradiction to find painfulness funny.

It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality.

Comedy is only funny when there's real pain.

Even the most tragic moments can have moments of comedy.

Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

I think all good drama is funny. All the best drama is ultimately very funny. Life is funny. You can't have any honest treatise on life without bumping into some humor.

I always felt like the best comedy came out of sadness, and some of my favourite shows growing up - a lot of my influences - have these very sad characters and treat that sadness seriously while also being very funny.

I find myself laughing at really bad situations.

Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones.

The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they've been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.

I naturally think in terms of comedy whenever I see anything because tragedy is so close to comedy, so I like to add the tragedy to the comedy or a little bit of comedy to the tragedy in order to make them both feel more real to me.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.