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Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

~Bill Forsyth

Topics: Area Cope Dark Human Human Race Humor Invented Life People Perhaps Problems Race Terrors Thought Understand

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A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're worried about this being too esoteric or too dark or too weird.

~Bill Hader

Topics: About Being Dark Doing Esoteric Family Lot Movie People Think Times Too Weird Worried I Think

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Edward Albee, the premier dark playwright of the American theater, would show up at rehearsal and quote his favorite lines from 'Auntie Mame'. He would stand at the back of the theater, not facing the stage, and sort of conduct the music of his play.

~Bill Irwin

Topics: American Back Conduct Dark Edward Facing Favorite He His Lines Music Play Playwright Premier Quote Rehearsal Show Sort Stage Stand Theater Up Would

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Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.

~Bill Mauldin

Topics: Ages Attitude Dark Dark Ages Him Like Living Peasants Soldiers Were

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I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the dark for two and a half hours and not tell them the joke.

~Bill Nighy

Topics: Anymore Bad Bad Manners Dark Half Hours Invite Joke Jokes Manners People Plays Retired Sit Tell Them Think Those Two Without I Think

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We've seen with Brexit and other things that there's a dark impulse to be petulant and frustrated with complicated solutions.

~Bill Pullman

Topics: Brexit Complicated Dark Frustrated Impulse Other Seen Solutions Things

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Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.

~Billy Collins

Topics: Big Big Deal College Could Dark Deal Discovering Funny Me Realized Same Same Time Samuel Time Very You

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Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Act Cowardice Dark Easy Front Get Hide Hiding Microphone People Shout Sit Speak Time Up Want Waste You

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You start realizing that maybe you're the one night a month that people have out, and they don't need to hear your political views or how dark you can get. They just want to laugh for an hour and go home. Once I wrapped my head around that, my act evolved accordingly.

~Billy Gardell

Topics: Accordingly Act Around Dark Evolved Get Go Go Home Head Hear Home Hour How Just Laugh Maybe Month Need Night Once One Night Out People Political Political Views Realizing Start Views Want Wrapped You Your

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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.

~Billy Wilder

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