There's a fraudulent root element of comedy in that we say things night after night as though they are rolling effortlessly from the brain and off the tongue, when in fact they are crafted over weeks and months and years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.
In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the next day. In dramas, it's very different - the mindset that you're in.
Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
I actually gravitate toward comedy a lot when it comes to what I'm watching, but maybe that's because I've been on such dark work the last four or five years.
Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
Why not try thinking of your life as hilarious rather than nightmarish?
I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.
I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.
Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.