Humor Is Just Another Defense Against The

I've Been Accused Of Vulgarity. I Say That's Bullshit.

Tragedy Is What Happens To Me; Comedy Is What Happens To You.

Comedy Is Serious - Deadly Serious. Never, Never Try To Be Funny! The Actors Must Be Serious. Only The Situation Must Be Absurd. Funny Is In The Writing, Not In The Performing. If The Situation Isn't Absurd, No Amount Of Joke Will Help.

When You Get Big Special Effects Pictures, Sci-fi And Things, There's Little Or No Comedy. Or It's A Domestic Comedy And There's Not One Special Effect. But Very Rarely Do These Things Fuse And Come Out Right.

I Love [nikolai] Gogol's Great Eye For Idiot Behavior. Gogol Said That Life Is So Tragic, So Stupendously Sad That We'd Better Laugh A Lot And Enjoy Ourselves. You Either Get A Sense Of Humor Going Or You Go Under.