“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.”
Mel Brooks

“Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.”
Christian Bale

“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.”
Jack Lemmon

“The great comedians imitate children. That's their ability.”
Hal Roach

“There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy.”
Chris Lloyd