Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think comedy is funnier when it's real.
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.
Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.
Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.
I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.
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 in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.
Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.
I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.