The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Comedy is tragedy - plus time.
Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
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.
Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.
There is a universality to comedy.
Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh track.
There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.
I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?
I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.