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"One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria."
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"It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic."
"There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that."
"I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year."
"About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie."
"Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside."
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"I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit."
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"That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do."
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