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Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

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 tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

There is a universality to comedy.

In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances.

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

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.