Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.
Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.
Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.
Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
The north remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done. My son is home.
History repeats itself, first as history, then as farce.
Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.
Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.
It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.
I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.
Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.
Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.
I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that Christopher Guest, Phil Hartman, Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness are comedic actors. And Dan Aykroyd, too. Those are my heroes.
What's the funniest play ever written? I used to think it was 'Noises Off,' but now that I've seen 'The Liar,' I'm not so sure.
Is not parody the eternal lot of man?
Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue.
The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.
I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her.
Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.
