Woody Harrelson Quotes

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right?

I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.

Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes.

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

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

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

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

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.

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes.