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I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.

— Peter Billingsley

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Peter Billingsley

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

— Tommy Wiseau

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

— Rob Lowe

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

— Johnny Vegas

Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's more difficult than drama - you don't have so many tricks.

— Grant Bowler

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

— Jason Reitman

I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me.

— Elizabeth Banks

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.

— Ed O'Neill

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.

— Seth Rogen

✗Opposing Perspectives

When you do a good comedy show, you have to understand that if you don't have drama or sad moments, then the comedy turns into a clowning kind of situation.

— Jaime Camil