I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.
The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.
The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
Comedy is only as stupid as you are smart.
Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.
Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
I thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.