comedy interpretation Quotes

Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like... People say, "I saw Saving Private Ryan, and that scene on the beach is just so moving." I can't imagine anyone who would say "I don't find that moving!" But you can show, whether it's Laurel & Hardy or the Three Stooges or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, some people are going to look at it and say "That's the funniest thing I've ever seen." Some people will say "I don't get it." Who's right, who's wrong?

People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it.

A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious!

For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually, I was like, Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view.

I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously.

I look for the meaning in what's funny, and I look for what's funny about things that are meaningful to me.

When I'm up on stage and do a joke, half the people interpret it one way and half of them interpret it the way I want them to.

I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with Seinfeld all the time. He did it with Colombo, too, set the scene.

Executives do not on the whole do well with comedy. They can't understand it, they can't read it, they can't spot it.

In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set in a fascinating political world.

Kafka thought his stories were hilarious. We don't necessarily have that reaction to them, but he certainly laughed his head off every time he read them out loud.

I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.