#Seriously

"With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy."

"I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously."

"And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny."

"I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games."

"Sense of humor. A girl who doesn't take themselves too seriously. And someone who is spontaneous. They're the three things for me that really attract me to a girl."

"I take friendship very seriously."

"I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously."

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

"We do not take humor seriously enough."

"Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously."