Lev Yilmaz quote: "When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.'"

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are ...
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE

It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON

It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON

I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you'...
BECKY G

I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflic...
MATT DILLON

I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It...
BECKY LYNCH

Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH

I pole-dance. I do. I do it at an aerobics center. Having done gymnastics for 13 years, I find it...
SERINDA SWAN

I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your frien...
SETH GORDON

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to...
BEBE REXHA

It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy....
RACHAEL HARRIS

It's mostly Mars Bars and peanuts and cheese and you go to the fridge and there's Red Bull a...
GRAHAM COXON

Rats! There goes the bell... oh, how I hate lunch hours! I always have to eat alone because nobody l...
CHARLES M. SCHULZ

I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So ...
DREW BARRYMORE

I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is w...
MAGGIE SMITH

I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing ...
JENSEN ACKLES

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do ...
KEVIN HART

To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN

Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right n...
T. J. MILLER

Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.
GINA GREENLEE

I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So ...
DREW BARRYMORE

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it...
CHRIS BROWN

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations...
JOEL COEN

I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I ...
KALEY CUOCO

I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tom...
VANILLA ICE

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I...
WILLIAM MCNAMARA

Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

When the pastor's up there, they do this thing called looping. They are literally riffing and sp...
ANDERSON PAAK

There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's lik...
FERGIE

At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were s...
ERIKA CHRISTENSEN

You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my jo...
SAM HUNTINGTON

I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting...
NATALIE ZEA

I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in...
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larr...
ALLEN IVERSON

I get a little freaked out when I'm around too many redheads. I only have about one or two red-h...
JESSE PLEMONS

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama. I think that ultimately, the less win...
MICHAEL MOSLEY

My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst...
BOB PETERSON

It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like ...
MIKE NICHOLS

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is...
WANGARI MAATHAI

You always have to have a bit of fun if somebody is dead in a scene. That's a red rag to a bull ...
LIAM CUNNINGHAM

I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired gir...
ADELAIDE CLEMENS

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overw...
DESMOND TUTU

My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is you...
COLIN KAEPERNICK

It's such a funny thing when you see your daughter transitioning from your baby, your little gir...
JOHNNY DEPP

Do not sit down in Satan's easy chair of do-little, but arise and aim at the elevated standard w...
ELLEN G. WHITE

I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you s...
WALT HANDELSMAN

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie ...
JOEL COEN

When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I&...
JOHN GLOVER

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids whether you are familiar with 'Splash'...
JOJO

It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home...
DENZEL WASHINGTON

My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a jok...
CAROL BURNETT

When I eat cilantro, it's like someone sprayed perfume down my throat. It closes up my throat, e...
AMBER ROSE

It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I us...
SALLY PEARSON

One night, I wrote down all the things I was waiting to do with my little granddaughter, and it beca...
BILLY CRYSTAL

I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can't quite remember what it was I w...
DEV HYNES

Success is a Journey: so, don’t forget to pack your COURAGE: to face the obstacles heading your wa...
PHILIP T. M.

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,'...
CHUCK SCHUMER

When I did 'Sex and the City,' it was like, 'Let's do a comedy where the humor is no...
DARREN STAR

I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or...
WARREN SPECTOR

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a...
SUSAN HAYWARD

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a litt...
HENNY YOUNGMAN

As astute followers of 'Life in Hell' will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-sh...
MATT GROENING

I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's m...
BRYCE HARPER

It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at ...
ADAM MCKAY

I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't...
CARL REINER

If you watch the 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour,' don't expect that when you come see me by my...
RON WHITE

If therefore you shall be remembered for what you did with what you had more than what you had, use ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH

When you're walking around in Shanghai, I called it the City of Near Misses, because they do not...
ELIZA COUPE

Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.
GINA GREENLEE

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come fr...
ANTHONY BURGESS

I've had projects before where everyone says 'This is going to be the big thing,' and it...
SAMM LEVINE

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demo...
JOHN SHELBY SPONG

I always say the new album is the best one yet. I always feel that - I really do, because it's t...
DEBBIE HARRY

I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. ...
CHERYL HINES

I remember seeing the movie 'To Sir With Love' when I was a little girl.
CHAKA KHAN

You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, ...
CARLY FIORINA

The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: '...
AYELET WALDMAN

I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinnin...
ALAN ARKIN

This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do...
NICK CANNON

I love musicals, but I find it's just so deadening. You know, 30 takes, you do a little piece he...
DICK VAN DYKE

Weird, but sometimes I feel more like my cartoon character than I do Lizzie because she's a litt...
HILARY DUFF

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a ...
GORDON RAMSAY

Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it ...
DON EVERLY

It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broa...
BONNIE BEDELIA

When I was a little girl at school, I really wanted to be Katie or Sarah or Sophie. When you're ...
VIVA BIANCA

What I've always said about comedy is if you do it in the right way, you can say anything to any...
TREVOR NOAH

Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely ...
RACHEL MINER

I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom&#...
TORI AMOS

If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort...
JEREMY CLARKSON

I know it's cliche to say, 'When you do something you love you never work a day in your life...
TIKA SUMPTER

You start in bars and then restaurants, then you want to get into comedy clubs where you feature, th...
BILL BURR

The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it ne...
EDWARD BURNS

You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the b...
RANDEE HELLER

Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where whe...
PAM GRIER

Just do it... that's all... no matter what, when and where... but just do it.
DEYTH BANGER

When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.'

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Lev Yilmaz

When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.'

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