I think the main thing about comedy and humor is t... -Mike Nichols

I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define.

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I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define....
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As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could e...
The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the very end of their lives,...
The only safe thing is to take a chance....
A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't....
I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine....
I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her dr...

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Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music....
From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily...
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The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor....
Humor helps people open up....
I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair....
As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant....
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path....