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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

'The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.

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.

I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in a way that the audience finds amusing, the characters themselves don't have the consolation of knowing they're in a comedy.

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 good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like a drama.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.