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

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"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?"

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

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"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

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"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

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"I know the fashion is that everything is fair game [for comedy material] but I don't believe that."

Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian

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"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

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"Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. 'How does he always get food stuck to him?' I asked Morelli. 'I don't know,' Morelli said. 'It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure.'-Morelli And Stephanie."

Janet Evanovich, American Novelist

Comedy, Humor, Animals, Chaos, Observation

"I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma.'You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma."

Kami Garcia, American Writer

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"She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy."

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"Good comedy is ageless."

Ted Levine, American Actor

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"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."

"Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?"

"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."

"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."

"I know the fashion is that everything is fair game [for comedy material] but I don't believe that."

"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."

"Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. 'How does he always get food stuck to him?' I asked Morelli. 'I don't know,' Morelli said. 'It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure.'-Morelli And Stephanie."

"I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma.'You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma."

"She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy."

"Good comedy is ageless."

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"Definitely not a sitcom, that's my first condition. No sitcoms."

"I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into."

"You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically."

"I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded."

"Sometimes I just walk through; I just show up, as in The Other Sister."

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"I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it's six degrees of separation."

"Yes, and it's my third movie with Richard. American Gigolo was my first."