"I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention."
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"I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it was an idea that interested me, I would not hesitate to do it because I enjoy watching these kinds of film."
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"I'm not a big believer in the sense of Jews having a monopoly on comedy."
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"I'm generally not a social dramatist or comedy writer. My interests have always been more in psychological stories or personal relations and comic ideas."
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"I wish I was writing something much more heavy each time I did a film, and that the comedies just occasionally come out. But unfortunately you're stuck with what you're born with."
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"I'd always wanted to be a dramatic. Comedy comes more naturally to me. I can do it with more facility. So I feel more comfortable with it."
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"It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in."
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"Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up."
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"It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the joke, and she the other half. Otherwise, it would not be love, but something completely else–pity or entertainment, or stand-up comedy."
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"My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and know exactly what was going on in my life."
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"I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s... Huge fan. I love all that stuff."
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"Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit."
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"George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy."
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"I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy."
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"The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!"
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"I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy."
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"I would love to do comedy. I'm actually really animated and goofy. I talk with my hands so intensely."
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"Comedy is the ultimate anarchist."
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"Murder is easy. Comedy is hard."
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"My theory is that comedy comes from little people."
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