Americans don't like PUNS and PLAYS on WORDS, which is totally opposite in the COMEDY world to France or even Italy and GERMANY.

A LOT of TIMES evil - or, in the CASE of comedy, stupid - is more interesting than the HERO.

People who know me, they know I have a SENSE of HUMOR, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I WOULD LOVE someone to exploit that SIDE of me and send me a romantic comedy.

I wanted to do a comedy. I'd been actively looking for a comedy. I wanted to do one that was DIFFERENT. NOTHING against them, but I wasn't INTERESTED in just your normal sitcom, BOY meets girl.

I'm really PROUD of 'Private Life.' It's about a MARRIAGE and a couple on the hunt to make a family by any means NECESSARY. They're on such an OBSESSIVE quest that, after awhile, you forget that it's even for a baby. It fits right in that middle pocket of being a comedy and a DRAMA.

Comedy, we MAY SAY, is SOCIETY protecting itself - with a SMILE.

COMEDY and tragedy are TWO SIDES of the same coin. A talent in one area MIGHT ALSO lead to a predisposition in the other.

My COMEDY doesn't COME from any calculations and STUDIES.

If you want GOOD sketches, go PICK up Sid Caesar. The BEST of Your SHOW of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.

I WANT to SEE good-quality COMEDY shows, not the slapstick ONES or where people imitate OTHERS.

I KNOW the new comedy GOD is SURREALISM, but it doesn't touch my heart.

A COMIC book and a straight DRAMA all have the same elements. If you're playing TRAGEDY, you have to be AWARE of the comedy; if you're playing comedy, you have to be aware of the tragedy. If you're playing comic book, you have to be aware of the reality.

The connection between pathos and BROAD COMEDY is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy SCENE than you do in a straight scene. It's MUCH harder.

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its NEVER for a GOOD reason, RIGHT? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and WORK it from there.

I kind of thought that stand-up comedy WOULD SUFFER from the INTERNET because PEOPLE seem to know more about the craft of stand-up than ever before. I thought it would seem trite. Kind of like if you know more about magicians, you wouldn't love them.