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Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

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

People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.

The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.

Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.

I think sometimes in comedy the characters are often sacrificed for the joke, and it's more important for it to be funny than for there to be love.