#comedy

"I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic."

"I like very dry humor. I don't like things that are over the top. I like subtlety. I like things that are nonchalant. I like characters that are sort of monotone and based in dark comedy."

"When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything."

"Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more."

"Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like... after "I love you"... or "You're going to live"... or "It's a boy!"

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."

"...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church."

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."

"If you look at 'The Best Man,' there's a lot of humor in that, but I never consider that movie a comedy. I felt that it was a drama with comedic elements and comedic parts to it."

"I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama."

"So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix."

"It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen."

"Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us."