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The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

The one that was most fun was That's My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunity arose for me to move into it full time, I just couldn't turn it down. I just took the risk, and I just wanted to see if it would work and thankfully it did.

I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.

Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't.

I love comedy, so you want to make them happy, make them laugh.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.