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" I’ve noticed, as a comedy fan, that I really like Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino because when they’re funny, they’re actually funny. It’s not like when other dramatic writers have comedy, and I’m just like, ‘Well, that’s not funny. Why are you even trying to make a joke here?’ " - Paul Rust

" Comedy is all about the character. When you’re too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don’t get the laugh. Comedy has to come from the character. " - Brett Gelman

" Comedy in the past hasn’t spoken to women because it wasn’t written by women, and male writers don’t make women three-dimensional characters. Too often, women just facilitate the man’s comedy: they’re not crazy; they’re not funny. But women are as vulgar as they are elegant, as stinky as they are smelling of eau de parfum. " - Michaela Coel

" I used to do much shorter jokes a lot more. " - Tom Segura

" Fear of comedy is all so much about who you do it with. " - Mike Nichols

" I know Bea Arthur left the Pam Anderson roast really early, but it could have been because she was half dead; I don’t know. " - Lisa Lampanelli

" People think comedians don’t do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It’s all the same to me. " - Sinbad

" Most young comedians would be lying to say that they weren’t huge Weird Al fans when they were kids. Weird Al is probably the first person I ever realized had a career that was just making jokes. " - Trevor Moore

" I’m so Southern that I’m related to myself. I’m actually my own cousin. " - Ralphie May

" I always say, my set is like building a brick wall that all the jokes are the bricks but the improv is the mortar. You piece it all together and have a certain flow to it. " - Josh Blue