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Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy and the rolling laughter from the live studio audience. I loved her most as Scarlett O'Hara and her well known Cleaning Lady character.

~Christine Lakin

Topics: Although Audience Biggest Biggest Influence Burnett Carol Carol Burnett Character Cleaning Comedy Had Her Influence Kid Known Lady Laughter Live Lot Loved Me Mesmerized Most Physical Physical Comedy Reruns Rolling Scarlett She Studio Transformed Very Watched Way Well Well Known Young

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My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

~Christine Taylor

Topics: Always Been Comedy Family Feel Funny Hard Important Like Really I Feel I Feel Like

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In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

~Christopher Fry

Topics: Comedy Eternity Every Moment Tragedy

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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

~Christopher Fry

Topics: Comedy Despair Escape Faith Narrow Truth

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Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Chops Comedy Find Good Key Know Like Music Players You

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What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with Laurel and Hardy, they're both the funny guy.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Both Comedy Funny Funny Guy Guy Hardy Interesting Laurel Man Most Straight Teams Then

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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Comedy Great Hero Peter Peter Sellers Sellers

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My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting. And apparently, you need those things in movies.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Acting Always Apparently Comedy Doing Like Liked More Movies Music Need Passion Sense Specific Things Those You

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It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.

~Christopher Guest

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If you don't like the people, you're just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone.

~Christopher Guest

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