“I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.”
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“Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?”
“A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.”
“Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.”
“I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.”
“Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.”
“I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.”
“Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act if it weren't, more women would do it.”
“Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.”
“I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.”
“I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.”
“The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.”
“Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.”
“But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.”
“While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.”
“I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.”
“Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.”
“I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.”
“There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.”
“Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”
“Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.”
“A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.”
“I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.”
“We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.”